Figurine

MS349

From: Mediterranean

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number MS349
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Greek
Provenience Mediterranean
Date Made 299-0 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Iconography Human Dwarf
Description

Grotesque dancing dwarf. Figure wears a loose garment like a t-shirt but open along both sides, covering him in front only to his lower abdomen, in back covering his buttocks. He wears on his head a plain band terminating in two "wings" set at angles in front. On top of his head is a projecting element which is broken off. His right hand and his right foot are missing. An extraordinarily long penis curls under his left leg.

Length 8.59 cm
Width 6.35 cm

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