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TANAGRA FIGURINES. 35
after all, be leaves at all, but rather cow's ears, a compliment
perhaps, to Europa. Sometimes a couple of these ears (or
leaves) appear behind the natural ears ; sometimes there
are three such objects depending from each side of the
head.
White poplar, which has similar leaves, was sacred to
Dionysus, who was rightly worshiped at Tanagra, the
vineyards being very important there. The vine wreath
worn by many figurines is easily accounted for. It is com-
monly gilded. The vine was regarded as a symbol of ripe-
ness, tending to decay, and would have been very properly
placed in the tombs of the aged. Again, the graves of
young persons might suitably receive those graceful images
of young girls tossing the talia, or huckle-bones. From a
German commentator comes the reminder that the painter
Polygnotusx represented thus at Delphi the two daughters
of King Pandarus, fabled to have been carried off by the
Harpies in their tender youth. Baskets, tambourines, lan-
terns, scrolls, balls (carried in nets), jars, and vases are
found among the accessories of the little clay people. The
hair-dressing and head-gear are very much varied. The
be"ret of Spain, the pointed hat of the Canton Valais in
Switzerland, the broad Florentine flap hat, are all repro-
duced. Hats of the period were made of a sort of felt.
Beside the well-known Hermes style of hat, tied down at
the ears, a very extraordinary disk of unmanageable size is
carried on the head of one figure represented here in photo-
graph.
We have now opportunity to study the buskins, which the
Theban women were reported to have worn tightly laced to
1 One of the most celebrated Greek painters. Native of the isle of Thasos,
honored with the citizenship of Athens, closed his career about 431 B. c.
after all, be leaves at all, but rather cow's ears, a compliment
perhaps, to Europa. Sometimes a couple of these ears (or
leaves) appear behind the natural ears ; sometimes there
are three such objects depending from each side of the
head.
White poplar, which has similar leaves, was sacred to
Dionysus, who was rightly worshiped at Tanagra, the
vineyards being very important there. The vine wreath
worn by many figurines is easily accounted for. It is com-
monly gilded. The vine was regarded as a symbol of ripe-
ness, tending to decay, and would have been very properly
placed in the tombs of the aged. Again, the graves of
young persons might suitably receive those graceful images
of young girls tossing the talia, or huckle-bones. From a
German commentator comes the reminder that the painter
Polygnotusx represented thus at Delphi the two daughters
of King Pandarus, fabled to have been carried off by the
Harpies in their tender youth. Baskets, tambourines, lan-
terns, scrolls, balls (carried in nets), jars, and vases are
found among the accessories of the little clay people. The
hair-dressing and head-gear are very much varied. The
be"ret of Spain, the pointed hat of the Canton Valais in
Switzerland, the broad Florentine flap hat, are all repro-
duced. Hats of the period were made of a sort of felt.
Beside the well-known Hermes style of hat, tied down at
the ears, a very extraordinary disk of unmanageable size is
carried on the head of one figure represented here in photo-
graph.
We have now opportunity to study the buskins, which the
Theban women were reported to have worn tightly laced to
1 One of the most celebrated Greek painters. Native of the isle of Thasos,
honored with the citizenship of Athens, closed his career about 431 B. c.