Anthropomorphic Idol

Reproduction of the Anthropomorphic Idol Large: 21.8 cm (height) x 3.5 cm (width). With independent stand Small: 17 cm (height) x 3.5 cm (width). The base is incorporated into the sculpture This simple male image is sculpted from bone & dates from the calcolithic period (3000-2100 a.C.) It was probably used in funeral rites. There is an obvious parallel between this objet & idols found in the necrpolis on the Greek Ciclade Islands, which suggests the influence is from the Near East, showing the connection between this part of the Mediterranean & the Iberian Peninsula during the third millenium B.C. Is not clear what these objets represented but they would seem to denote a religious sentiment & the image may refer to a god, to the soul of the deceased or to a guardian spirit. Anthropomorphic Idol