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Indus Sculpture, Pottery

Indus Sculpture, pottery

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Indus Sculpture

Dancing Girl
Bronze
Dancing Girl
• The "Dancing girl" found in Mohenjo-Daro.
Some 4500 years old, this is 10.8 cm long
bronze statue.
• its curves and pose whispers the secret of the
ancient age.
• The bronze statuette is hardly four inches high
yet speaks ample of the superb craftsmanship
and of the caster`s skills.
Dancing Girl
Dancing Girl
Twisting
figure of
a male
dancer,
grey
sandston
-e,
Harappa,
Height
8.5 cm
Shiva, as
the lord
of dance
Male torso,
red
sandstone,
Harappa,
height 8.5
cm
Priest
king
• Seated male sculpture, or "Priest King" from Mohenjo-Daro
• ribbon headband with circular inlay ornament on the forehead and
similar but smaller ornament on the right upper arm.
• The flat back of the head may have held a separately carved bun.
• Two holes beneath the highly stylized ears suggest that a necklace
or other head ornament was attached to the sculpture.
• The left shoulder is covered with a cloak decorated with trefoil,
double circle and single circle designs that were originally filled
with red pigment.
• Eyes are deeply cut into and may have held inlay.
• The upper lip is shaved and a short combed beard frames the face.

Material: white, low fired steatite


Dimensions: 17.5 cm height, 11 cm width
Mohenjo-Daro
National Museum, Karachi.
Stone lamp, mother-goddess,
Mohenjo-Daro.
Goddess ,votive
lamp
Terra cotta
A collection of terra cotta figurines of humans
and animals from recent excavations at
Harappa.
Goddess,
votive lamp
Terra cotta
These replicas and the plate were made by Mohammad
Nawaz, a local potter from modern Harappa.
Remember!
• The cup shaped headdress of some figurines
may have been used for holding oil and used
as lamps.
A collection of male figurine heads from Harappa.
Three
seated
male
figurines
from
Harappa.
Moulded tablet, Mohenjo-Daro.
Moulded tablet, Mohenjo-Daro.
• Three sided molded tablet. One side shows a flat
bottomed boat with a central hut that has leaf at the
top of two poles. Two birds sit on the deck and a large
double wheel (or control) extends from the boat. On
the second side is a snout nosed gharial with a fish in
its mouth. The third side has eight symbols of the Indus
script.
Material: terra cotta
Dimensions: 4.6 cm length, 1.2 x 1.5 cm width
Mohenjo-Daro.
Weights, Harappa.
• Cubical weights in graduated sizes.
• The smallest weight in this series is 0.856
grams and the most common weight is
approximately 13.7 grams, which is in the 16th
ratio.
• These weights were found in recent
excavations at Harappa and may have been
used for controlling trade.
Gold jewelry from Harappa &
Mohenjo-Daro
I) left, wide bangle made from a single shell, Harappa.
II) right, made in the shape of a shell bangle or the stylized womb
motif, Harappa.
Shell bangles
Straight gold fillet, beaded choker
Indus pottery
Burial pottery
Indus Toys
• Indus Valley people seem to have loved toys.
They made many toys, such as toy carts and
toy animals, from baked clay.
• Archaeologists have also discovered toy carts
have a little roof, to keep off the rain and hot
sun.
• Indus children may also have played with pull-
along animals on wheels, as well as rattles and
bird-whistles all made from terracotta.
Clay model of a cart, pulled by oxen or water
buffalo. These figures, probably toys, show us
what life-size working carts were like.
This mystery object has an animal face. The holes for
strings suggest a mask. For a puppet? Or perhaps it
was a charm?
Maze puzzles and dice games were enjoyed by
children and adults.
Terra cotta disc (pitthu)

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