Folia archeologica 26.

István Ecsedy: Vinca finds in the collection of the Hungarian National Museum

12 I. ECSEDY big, incised eyes are placed on the two sides of the front side. The breakage above the back wall might have been the place of a stylized tail.

9 4. Fragment of an idol. Inv. no.: 1932:26.29. (Figs. 4:1a

—b.) Fragment of a reddish-brown, well-fired clay statuette. Probably the upper part of a schematic, anthropomorphous representation, in standing position. The crown of head is arched, the face triangular with rounded corners, with only the nose indicated. The arms are formed by horizontal stumps. The form of the head corresponds to Type MIC of Höckmann,

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0 the idol form is from Vinca В on general. These simplified figurines are presumably ground forms of the schematic, cross-shaped idols, produced parallelly with the elaborated plastical products of Vinca C, for a different purpose, in a great number and of a poorer workmanship.

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1 The type is evidently connected with an idol of Szakáihát.

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2 5. Schematic anthropomorphous figurine. Inv. no.: 1932:26.31. (Figs. 4:2a

—b.) A reddish-brown, well-fired statuette. The face is triangular with rounded corners, with eyes indicated by incisions in the form of inverted L-s, between them the nose is suggested by a flat bulge, the mouth is not marked. The arms are substituted by strongly accentuated shoulders, the torso is cylindrical, the lower part of the body is closed by a slightly broadening, round base. Undecorated. The form corresponds to Type Höckmann M2A, which is observable from the Proto-Vinca period.

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3 6. Idol fragment. Inv. no.: 1932:26.32. (Figs. 3:1a

—c.) The head of a small statuette with the fragment of the neck. Of a cylindrical form, the crown of head is flat, the face indicated by a sloping plane, with a small protuberance in the middle for the nose. The form is by all possibility an early one, on the ground of Höckmann's classification it may be ranged with Type MIC.

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4 A parallel to the facial form is shown on an idol of unknown provenance in the collection of the Hung.Nat. Mus.

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5 As for the formation of the faces, the hypothesis of József Csalog is authoritative, according to which this form is a representation of the mask, covering the face.

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0 7. Fragment of an idol. Inv. no.: 1932:26.33. (Figs. 4:3a

—c.) Head part of a human figure, of a dark gray colour, damaged, the plastically raised nose is broken. The eyes occupying the upper part of the face are marked with incised lines; on both sides, at the place of the temples, there are two small perforations. The hair-do is indicated by a characteristical indentation on the back of the head, on its lower edge there are seven vertical perforations in a row.

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7 One of the most 9 See note 8. 1,

1 Höckmann, О., op. cit. 52, 54.; Cf. Vasic, M., op. cit. III. Pl. XXI. 108. 1

1 Höckmann, О., op. cit. 56—57. 1

2 banner,). — Bálint, A., Dolg. 11(1935) 83., Fig. 4. 1

3 Höckmann, О., op. cit. 52—53., notes 85—88. (With analogies from Vinca.) 1

1 Ibid.; For analogies see: Vasic, M., op. cit. III. Pl. XVIII. 93., Pl. XIX. 97., Pl. XX. 103. etc. An especially good analogy is the piece shown on Pl. XI. 50, found at Vinca in a depth of 9,4 to 8 m. This corresponds to the levels Protovinca and Vinca A. A similar piece from Tartaria is shown: Höckmann, О., op. cit. Pl. XXII. 1001. 1

5 Idole. Veröff. aus d. Naturhist. Mus. 7. (Wien 1972) Pl. X. 1. 1

6 Csalog, J., Arch. Ért. 84(1957) 207—210. 1

7 For the hairdo see: Csalog, /., Rejtélyes díszítések újkőkori idolokon. Csongrád megyei tanulmányok. 1. (Hódmezővásárhely 1959). 6—8., Pl. IV.