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Baba stone. Woman Crrying a vessel in her hands.

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medieval russian sculpture steppes

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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.'

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