Terra-cotta figurine

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Object Number 2004.29.21266

Display Title Terra-cotta figurine

Descriptions

Object Description Written on board: India / Pataliputra, / Near Patna, county [crossed out] state of Bihar, Bengal [crossed out] / A dancing girl with a reel-like / object for expanding her ear-lobe: / a terra-cotta figurine from / Pataliputra. Pasted on reverse of board is a printed article by Sir John Marshall titled "A Wooden City of the Third Century BC: Pataliputra."

Department Photographic

Culture

Indian

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Asia / India / Bihar

Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 12.7 × 6.35 cm (5 × 2 1/2 in.)

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PrimaryMedia	Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
	2004.29.21265	Terra-cotta figurine		Bihar
	2004.29.21263	Fortification walls of Pataliputra, with people standing among the ruins		Bihar
	2004.29.21264	Drain in ruins of Pataliputra, with man		Bihar
	56-55-60/15865.1.28	Main city gates with advertisements and notices		Wang Yeh Fu
	56-55-60/15865.1.40	Chinese mummers dance on stilts in inn courtyard		Wang Yeh Fu
	56-55-60/15865.1.43	Chinese mummers dancing on stilts and singing in inn courtyard		Wang Yeh Fu
Image Not Available for Kurt Seligmann photographic material	2003.10	Kurt Seligmann photographic material	Art 2-D	Arizona British Columbia
	2001.29.25687	/Gaishay (son of Di!ai and "Gao Medicine"), Bau (daughter of "Crooked /Qui" and //Khuga), and "Little ≠Gao" (son of "/Qui Navel" and //Kushay) dancing a medicine dance (print is a cropped image)		Gautscha
	2001.29.29924	"Band 5, Khuan//a the Musician (85)": Khuan//a sitting in front of a skerm and playing the //guashi (print is a cropped image)		Gautscha
	2001.29.30048	≠Toma: ≠Toma working on arrows and sitting with his family, including Tsamgao, /Gaishay and !U holding !Ungka Norna on her lap (print is a cropped image)		Gautscha
	04-24-20/C3763	Mould for terra cotta figure	Figurine	Texcoco
	79-32-20/18816	Terra cotta figure - broken	Figurine	Mexico

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