Find spot: Mycenae, Citadel House, Room of the FrescoesDate: c. 1250 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tied wrap This woman is identified as a goddess or priestess. Compare her clothing to the clothes of the Young Priestess from Akrotiri.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry Two girls in fine clothes gather saffron, the symbol of a Minoan goddess and possibly a symbol of new womanhood. Both girls have undeveloped breasts, but wear their heanoses open in front. The girl on the right, in the orange or […]
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3, upper storeyDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry See The Older Saffron-Gatherer for analysis.
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1400-1350/1300 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with vertical decoration (“La Parisienne”) Part of the Camp Stool Fresco/Libation Fresco.
Find spot: Santorini, Akrotiri, Xeste 3Date: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Loose heanos, kilt, detailed jewelry
Find spot: Santorini, AkrotiriDate: c. 1650 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tied overwrap, detailed jewelry
Find spot: Crete, KnossosDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, thick waistband, some sort of overskirt. The decoration of the overskirt suggests to me that rather than depicting a real garment, the surface of the skirt is used to show a landscape with saffron flowers.
Find spot: Crete, Hagia Triada, Necropolis, Tomb 4Date: 1370-1320 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with jacket and no overskirt; the priestesses wear a jacket and shaggy skirt, but the heanos hem is not visible, so it’s unclear whether they wear a heanos. The men wear shaggy skirts. The panel above contains two figures whose sex or gender puzzles me. […]
Find spot: TirynsDate: Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Heanos and kilt?
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1400-1350/1300 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with vertical decoration (“La Parisienne”), some kind of short tiered skirt (a kilt?) worn over a heanos (seated woman)