06-21-2018 04:30 PM - edited 06-21-2018 04:31 PM
This is a little, metal, copper-tone figurine. As you can see, it has symbols on both sides (same 2 on each side). I've added pics with and w/o flash, so hopefully someone can see it and tell me if they mean something, or are just decorative. Maybe Native American since it is a bison or buffalo. Thanks in advance!
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06-21-2018 04:51 PM - edited 06-21-2018 04:55 PM
It looks to me like a Minoan bull, with the labrys on his shoulder. The labrys was a type of double axe, a Minoan symbol. I don't know right offhand what the other symbol, on its hindquarters, is supposed to be. It's probably a souvenir from Crete.
I don't see a bison or buffalo, or anything at all Native American about this.
06-21-2018 04:51 PM - edited 06-21-2018 04:55 PM
It looks to me like a Minoan bull, with the labrys on his shoulder. The labrys was a type of double axe, a Minoan symbol. I don't know right offhand what the other symbol, on its hindquarters, is supposed to be. It's probably a souvenir from Crete.
I don't see a bison or buffalo, or anything at all Native American about this.
06-21-2018 05:07 PM - edited 06-21-2018 05:09 PM
I'll bet I do know what that other symbol is: The famous "Minoan Disc," discovered on Western Crete in the late 1800s still a baffler, although I';ve even heard claims it's a sort of analog computer. That and the labrys would make sense, along with the bull, for a souvenir of Crete.
06-21-2018 05:15 PM
See! This is why I needed help. No idea, I had. Thank you!
06-21-2018 05:24 PM - edited 06-21-2018 05:24 PM
Glad to help.
06-22-2018 07:28 AM
After some research - now that I know basically what this little figure is... the front symbol is the labrys. The rear is, I believe, the Solar Cross, with added elements of the solstices. Yep, all in a tiny form.
Thanks again. I love doing research - when I kinda know what to look for!!
06-22-2018 07:37 AM
Glad you could identify the other symbol!