Baba stone. Woman Crrying a vessel in her hands. (Updated over a year ago)

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RUSSIAN STEPPES Anonymous: These mysterious figures which were placed near funerary barrows were possibly ancestor figures and were part of the cult of the dead. They were known as 'stone babas.'

Tags: medieval , russian , sculpture , steppes

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 28, 2007.

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