Ecstatic Maenad with panther and thyrsos stave

Ecstatic bacchic Maenad with a snake as diadem, carrying a panther and the usual thyrsos stave.

Around her neck she has nodded a panther skin.

München Antikensammlung Museum

 

More about the ritual thyrsos stave:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus

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