The meaning of these faces is not easy to read, though in some instances they could have served as apotropaic symbols.
source: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CELTIC ART - D.W. Harding
The Glauberg Gold Torc
On the Glauberg torc no less than ten
human face-masks dominate the ring itself, while two grotesque figures with enlarged
heads flank the pendant composition.
The meaning of these faces is not easy to read, though in some instances they could have served as apotropaic symbols.
source: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CELTIC ART - D.W. Harding
The meaning of these faces is not easy to read, though in some instances they could have served as apotropaic symbols.
source: THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF CELTIC ART - D.W. Harding