Elaborate hairstyles on clay female figurines – Aspects of Beauty

From Thessaly and Lokris in Phthiotis. Early and Middle Neolithic, 6500-5300 BC.
(ΕΑΜ/NAM Π 16397, Π 16385, Π 16403, Π 16352, Π 8009, Π 5958)

Hair was considered to be a symbol of power and beauty. On the figurines, various hairstyles are shown in great detail, as curls and braids down the neck or over the forehead, as a top bun, but also with a head cover as a crowing element.