Iberian sculpture of woman breastfeeding a child

This ex-voto is part of a group of 68 that Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez collected. Coming from a sanctuary context, they obey different themes, although most of them are men, warriors, warriors on horseback, priestesses, women,… All of them are objects that were used as offerings to the Iberian gods to favor the protection, healing, victory in battle, fertility, etc. of the offerer. In this case it is a woman with a triangular headdress, breastfeeding a child in her arms. The woman is standing on a circular platform, like a flat ring, from which emerges the neck and head of a swan. There would be two swans, one on each side of the feet, but one of them is missing. It is possible that this whole composition was part of a larger one. Due to its characteristics it should not be included in the group of Iberian votive offerings. / Extracted from: A.A.V.V.: Gómez-Moreno Institute (catalog). Granada, 1992, p. 159-162.