| Dancing Girl | |
|---|---|
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| Artist | unknown, prehistoric |
| Year | c. 2300–1750 BC |
| Type | bronze |
| Dimensions | 10.5358 cm × 5 cm (4 1/8 in × 2 in ) |
| Location | National Museum, New Delhi, Delhi |
Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300–1751 BC in the Indus Valley civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan),[1] which was one of the earliest cities. The statue is 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) tall, and depicts a nude young woman or girl with stylized ornaments, standing in a confident, naturalistic pose. Dancing Girl is highly regarded as a work of art.
The statue was excavated by British archaeologist Ernest Mackay in the "HR area" of Mohenjo-daro in 1926.[2] It is now in the National Museum, New Delhi, having been allocated to India at the Partition of India in 1947.
- ^ Harle, J.C., The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, p. 17, 2nd edn. 1994, Yale University Press Pelican History of Art, ISBN 0300062176
- ^ "Collections:Pre-History & Archaeology". National Museum, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2014.