Minoan/Mycenaean Source Materials

Fresco – Tripartite Shrine Fresco (Grandstand Fresco)

Find spot: Knossos, Crete
Date: 1600-1500 BCE
Clothing depicted: heanos, wrap skirt, hair bands, possible diaphanous chemise,
Museum link: Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, Crete https://ca.heraklionmuseum.gr/ca/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/390

Water color by Emile Gilliéron https://harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/291769

Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Tripartite_Shrine_(grandstand_or_sacred_grove_and_shrine),_fresco_from_Knossos

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