La Parisienne
April 17, 2024
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.
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Model of a Female Garment
April 17, 2024
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.
The Camp Stool Fresco/Libation Fresco
April 13, 2024
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)
The Ring of Minos
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, the Gypsadhes HillDate: 15th-14th c. BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, a skirt that has tiers and wraps around her legs like a kilt, but doesn’t have visible points. Probably a kilt. Also, unusually, a nude.
Snake Goddess Figurine with Bird on Hat
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, tiered skirt, apron
Snake Goddess Figurine with Tall Hat
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1650-1550 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos, some kind of overskirt. The skirt is reconstructed.
Tripartite Shrine Fresco/Grandstand Fresco
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1500 BCE Clothing depicted: Fragmentary. Heanos or jacket with exposed breasts; some kind of overskirt. The images are small, but may depict women wearing jackets and skirts with no heanos.
The Ladies in Blue Fresco
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Crete, Knossos, palaceDate: 1600-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos with exposed breasts, viewed from the front
The Procession Fresco
April 13, 2024
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
Signet Ring with Three Women Worshipping a Goddess
April 13, 2024
Find spot: Knossos, IsopatraDate: 1500-1450 BCE Clothing depicted: Heanos; kilt worn over tiered skirt; tiered skirt, possibly with an apron; kilt worn over heanos with vertical lines; tiered skirt, possibly worn without a heanos