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Fig. 82. Fischerinsel. The female figurę, a - the front view, b - the side view. After E. Gringmuth-Dallmer, A. Hollnagel, 1971, p. 124.

primitive, is 1.57 m high. It shows a female with clearly exposed breasts. Both are carved in oak wood. They are the only monumental Slavonic wooden sculptures discovered in archaeological excavations and dated thanks to the culture layer (Jahrig, Gringmuth-Dallmer, 1973). The statuę of “twins” is interpreted as a tracę of a Slavonic version of the Indo-European cult of Dioscuri-type deities (Gieysztor, 1982, p. 152-153), which were often accompanied by a goddess. We should recall here the anonymous war goddess mentioned by Thietmar (VII, 64).

Other presumable Slavonic sculptures unfortunately lack well explored archaeological context. At the end of the 19thc., during amateur excava-tions in Behren-Lubchin, an oak-wood pole, sized 15 cm x 15 cm x 1.5 m, topped with an image of human head with clearly visible face, was found

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Fig. 82. Behren-Lubchin. A caryed pole. A graphie reconstruction of the older stronghold. After G. Leńczyk, 1964, p. 46 (the sculpture); E. Schuldt,

1971, p. 263 (the stronghold).

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