Category Archives: snakes

Snake

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Mami Wata Figure

Igbo Artist, Nigeria ca. 1950 The High Art Museum

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Hygeia

Henry Howard (1769–1847) Thirlestane Castle

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Bust of a Woman with Serpents

Roger Hilton (1911–1975) Jerwood Gallery

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Snake Girl

Snake girl Pakistan, Gandhara, 2nd cent. museum rietberg    

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Hygeia

Henry Howard Thirlestane Castle

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Rise, rise

Your serpentine light body burns in your skull Pulling up your essence — The Pyramid Texts (translated by Susan Brind Morrow)

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Cleopatra

Giovanni Pietro Rizzoli – 1524-1526

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Her body is encircled by a snake

Country of Origin: India Date/Period: 2nd C BC – 2nd C AD / Eskenazi Collection Terracotta statue of serpent goddess / Werner Forman Archive / Bridgeman Images

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Cristina Patricelli Betts

1997 Marian Wood Kolisch (American, 1920-2008)  gelatin silver print The Portland Art Museum

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