Mohenjo-Daro: Pre-Maurya or Maurya terra cotta female figurine with foreign ethnic features

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dc.contributor.authorHerbert E, Budek Films and mounted transparencys, Santa Barbara, California
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Mohenjo-Daro, Sindh, Pakistan)en_AU
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T04:46:22Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T04:46:22Z
dc.date.created1968en_AU
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T04:46:22Z
dc.descriptionOne of the sub-settlements of the Indus River civilization was located on the upper part of the river at Maurya and remained an important site long after the major cities at Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had perished, At Maurya, the first empire would be established around the third century B.C. Exemplary in our slide is an 'archaic' figurine of the mother-goddess type showing the symbolic exaggeration of breasts and thighs: two conventions which continue in the folk art of India for centuries, Interesting is the degree to which the face has been treated with detail while the rest of the body remains simple and unadorned, From the unusual ethnic features on the figure's face, certain scholars have chosen to believe that here is evidence of the movements of ethnic strains across India, migrating toward China from the Near East for example, This figure may even represent one of the Negroid strains still found in South India today,en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mediumsepiaen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-106en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-109en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-109
dc.identifier.other2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/162888
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectIndus Valley Pottery and Sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectceramicsen_AU
dc.subjectMohenjo-Daroen_AU
dc.subjectmounted transparency seten_AU
dc.titleMohenjo-Daro: Pre-Maurya or Maurya terra cotta female figurine with foreign ethnic features
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem

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