Anthropomorph (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Hoards of distinctively shaped bronze artifacts have been found across North India, most frequently in the Doab, the area between the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers. These objects were produced in large quantities during the 3rd-2nd millenia BC and then, it seems, were deposited, with little evident of wear, in so-called Copper Hoards. Most intriguing among these artifacts are those of abstracted humanoid design. Presumable these anthropomorphic figures were used for some undetermined ritual purpose. Although now broken into several pieces—with the extremity of one of its two lower appendages a modern restoration—this anthropomorph is one of the largest ever found.
Gift of Terence McInerney in honor of Dr. Joseph M. Dye III
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