The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 21, 2025
Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of Animals)
650–600 BCE
Overall: 3 x 2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.88
Location: 102B Greek
Did You Know?
The small loops at the bottom of the pendants probably held chains attached to pomegranate-shaped beads.Description
This pendant shows the goddess Potnia Theron, the “mistress of the animals,” a deity sometimes associated with the Greek goddess Artemis. The goddess stands in a frontal pose with upswept wings, one curving above each shoulder. Each of her fists closes around the leash of a rearing feline. This piece is one of two nearly identical pendants in the collection (1999.88 and 2001.157) that were probably originally from the same necklace.- 1999-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Bennett, Michael, "Mistress of the Animals", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 40 no. 02, February 2000 Mentioned & reproduced: p.8-9 archive.org
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.88