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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