Vintage silver-plated Tama, plural Tamata, from Greece, similar to the ex-voto: an object offered to a deity or divinity as a gift, a vow, or token of thanks, here representing a woman’s graceful torso with belly, breasts, and shoulders, on an embossed rectangular pebbled plaque of silver plate, tarnished to a pale gold patina. A gold elastic is strung through the top edge; early 20th Century, 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅜ inches.
Vintage silver-plated Tama, plural Tamata, from Greece, similar to the ex-voto: an object offered to a deity or divinity as a gift, a vow, or token of thanks, here representing a woman’s graceful torso with belly, breasts, and shoulders, on an embossed rectangular pebbled plaque of silver plate, tarnished to a pale gold patina. A gold elastic is strung through the top edge; early 20th Century, 2 ⅜ x 3 ⅜ inches.
