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Copyright 1968 Bazin, Germain
Snake Goddess". Image found in “The History of World Sculpture.” Greenwich: New York Graphic Society Ltd,.Image scanned at low resolution by MWHS. Statue is displayed at Archeological Museum, Herakelion, Greece.
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