Tag: heanos worn without overskirt

The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus

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. […]

The Procession Fresco

Most of the fresco is reconstructed. The details below show most of the parts that are extant. Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos without overskirt; kilt worn over tiered skirt; male kilts

The Ivory Triad

Find spot: Mycenae; north slope of the Acropolis, close to the megaronDate: 15th-14th c. BCE Clothing depicted: Two women in heanos, kilts, jewelry, and a shared wrap; a toddler in heanos without overskirt, and jewelry