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MOTHER GODDESS INDO VALLEY DATE: III millennium...

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MOTHER GODDESS INDO VALLEY DATE: III millennium B.C. MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE: clay depurated ivory, modeled by hand Statuette depicting a naked mother goddess in a standing position, with numerous necklaces, stylized head with hollow eyes and bird beak, elaborate hairstyle, with arms outstretched to support the large spherical breasts PRODUCTION: Mehrgar culture, Indus Valley, Baluchistan, Pakistan. STATE OF CONSERVATION: intact DIMENSIONS: h. cm 12 ORIGIN: Private collection, Milan CFR.: C. Jarrige, Les figurines humaines au Baluchistan in Le cités oublièes de l'Induss, Paris 1988 p. 87, figg. 40-41