Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Lady of Elche" in English language version.
Tissot modeled her exotic headgear, including two ear-wheels, on a famous bust, the Lady of Elche, found in Elche, Spain, in 1897. Archaeologists of the day cited Near Eastern parallels for some of the bust's characteristics and called the style Greco-Phoenician, leading Tissot to assume that the headgear represented a typical fashion for biblical women.