Kamen no Megami or Masked Goddess

Thomas Flynn

by Thomas Flynn
published on 12 December 2018

Kamen no Megami / Masked Goddess [replica] by Thomas Flynn on Sketchfab

Dogu Figurine, known as the “Masked Goddess,” Late Jomon period, 2000–1000 BCE. Excavated from Nakappara site in Chino, Nagano National Treasure Chino city (housed at Togariishi Museum of Jomon Archaeology), in Nagano, Japan. This female deity figure appears to wear an inverted triangular mask. Sense the emotion emanating from behind the mask. (See more: http://www.tnm.jp/modules/r_free_page/index.php?id=1648&lang=en) More info: http://www.city.chino.lg.jp/www/contents/1450165354490/index_k.html

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Flynn, T. (2018, December 12). Kamen no Megami or Masked Goddess. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/395/kamen-no-megami-or-masked-goddess/

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Flynn, Thomas. "Kamen no Megami or Masked Goddess." World History Encyclopedia, 12 Dec 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image3d/395/kamen-no-megami-or-masked-goddess/.