The very
famous Bronze Statuette of a 'Dancing Girl ' from earliest civilization of the
world Mohenjo-daro is 10.5 centimeters high and is around 4500 years old and
was found in the ‘HR area’ of Mohenjo-daro in the year 1926 by Mackey.
The girl is
in standing position with unusually long hands and is called dancing girl by
assuming her profession from the way she stands. She is naked with only
necklace and bangles. She has one of her hands on her hip and she is holding something
on her other left hand which rests on her thigh. She is wearing 24-25 bangles
in her left hand and 4 bangles in her right hand.
Specifications:
Artist: pre-historic
Type: Bronze
sculpture
Year: c.
2500 BC
Dimension:
10.5 c.m. X 5 c.m.
Location:
National Museum, New Delhi
Expert Opinion:
British
archeologist Mortimer Wheeler said in 1973:
"She's
about fifteen years old I should think, not more, but she stands there with
bangles all the way up her arm and nothing else on. A girl perfectly, for the
moment, perfectly confident of herself and the world. There's nothing like her,
I think, in the world."
Image Credit: Wikipedia
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