The head belonged to the pillar- figurine of the fertility goddess Astarte or Ashera, which was worshiped in the Land of Israel during the First Temple Period.
The goddess head is mold-modeled, with long straight nose, fleshy lips and big almond shape eyes. The hairstyle, made of thick rounded curls in straight lines. The hairstyle and the shape of the eyes have strong influence from the Egyptian art of the period, probably through the Phoenician art, which was the prominent art in the Land of Israel at this period.
This item is unique due to the original colors which survived and are clearly visible on the surface.

Cf. Keel O., Schroer S., Academic Press Fribourg Schweiz, 2004, P. 191.
Mazar, A., New York, 1990, ill. 11.25, p. 501.
Highlights from the collection of the Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum, ed., Rachel Hachlili, Yaakov Meshorer, Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Israel, 1986, pp. 38-39.

Keel O., Schroer S., Eva – Mutter alles Lebendigen. Frauen – und Gottinnenidole aus dem Alten Orient, Academic Press Fribourg Schweiz, 2004.

Mazar, A., Archaeology of the Land of the Bible 10,000 - 586 B. C. E., The Anchor Bible Reference Library, New York, 1990.

Highlights from the collection of the Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum, ed., Rachel Hachlili, Yaakov Meshorer, Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Israel, 1986.