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Some of the smaller sculpted figurines in the collection of artifacts from the Temple Culture of ancient Malta are simply broken and the heads have been lost over time. Yet several of the larger pieces are clearly intended to have inter-changeable heads, with a socket designed into the neckline. In some cases, the heads were found nearby. This could mean that the figure took on different personalities or represented several people during the time of its use. It may have been animated to nod or turn. Where heads are attached to bodies, a large number of the faces are tilted upwards, as if gazing at the sky, or in the case of the little figurines that were buried with the dead, looking toward the living population above. |
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