Indus Valley Chalcolithic Terracotta Deity Statuette

Object Description

An Indus Valley terracotta figurine of a deity, featuring classic Indus Valley characteristic including rounded, sunken eyes, and a protruding hooked nose. The stylised male figure is portrayed wearing a head garment decorated with two horizontal rows of incised dots. The statuette’s left hand and both feet are now missing, but the other hand is well preserved, revealing the intricate detailing of the fingers. Earthly encrustations remain on the surface.

Date: Circa 3300-1300 BC

Object Condition

Fine condition, left hand and both feet now missing, small repair can be seen to where the missing hand would have been. Some signs of ageing and earth encrustations on the surface.

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