canephoros.
"paintings or statues [by] Greek artists, representing Athenian maidens, who, in the festivals of Juno, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, and Bacchus, bore different sacred utensils in wicker baskets on their heads" (Lewis and Short)
Meaning & usage
"paintings or statues [by] Greek artists, representing Athenian maidens, who, in the festivals of Juno, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, and Bacchus, bore different sacred utensils in wicker baskets on their heads" (Lewis and Short)
Where this word comes from
From Ancient Greek κανηφόρος (kanēphóros), from κάνεον (káneon, “wicker basket”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearer”).
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