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Female Figureheads
Many shipbuilders modeled female figureheads after Greek and Roman goddesses. Other figureheads represented the wives or daughters of ship owners and were dressed in the fashions of the day.
Male Figureheads
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Billetheads and Fiddleheads
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Eagles
Kay Davis
, University of Virginia, © 2000-2003
