Ancestor Faces

These abstract faces composed of eyes and brow recur in megalithic stone art throughout Europe
and in northern Africa, as well as neolithic Balkan ceramics and other instances.
folkton drum of limestone, Britain Second Folkton Drum
You're looking at the Folkton Drums from Yorkshire, northern England, carved from limestone with incised patterns. The butterfly-like patterns here are repeated with a butterfly on the opposite side, complete with wings, body and antennae.
 This one repeats the face and butterfly theme, with a doubled concentric circle added that recalls the eye-like patterns incised on megaliths, bone objects, and ceramics around neolithic Europe, from Spain to Ireland to Denmark.

Face of German megalith

Menhir-statue:
Hochberg, Germany

ancestor face: brow, nose, eyes

Menhir-statue:
Paradis, Guernsey Island

 

 

cowl, brow and nose abstract female face

Limestone relief:
Coizard, Marne, France

very abstract face, brow and nose

Menhir, Gennia Arele, Italy

 

ancestor-face in stone

Stone statue from
Maison-Aube, France

squared-off face with brow, nose, eyes

Asquera, Granada, Spain

 

 

brow, eyes, nose on vessel fragment

Fragment of ceramic vessel:
Ruginosa, Romania,
c. 4200 BCE
clay vessel with round eyes and browDanish pot, megalithic era

 

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