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Head and upper torso from a human female figurine of Sar Dheri type: flat back, short outstretched arms, small appliqué breasts (one lost), pinched nose, slit appliqué eyes, three pointed crown-like projections from the upper brow and a series of incised horizontal lines on the upper torso indicating further adornment. This is a votive object depicting the ubiquitous devi or female deity, the hallmark of these sites.
Marked in black ink on the back with 'SD' (Sar Dheri, Charsadda District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan).
Early Historic Period, probably about 1st century BCE.
Archaeological context: presumably unstratified and from a surface collection.
Given by Col. D H Gordon (1952/3).
Head and upper torso from a human female figurine of Sar Dheri type: flat back, short outstretched arms, small appliqué breasts (one lost), pinched nose, slit appliqué eyes, three pointed crown-like projections from the upper brow and a series of incised horizontal lines on the upper torso indicating further adornment. This is a votive object depicting the ubiquitous devi or female deity, the hallmark of these sites.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3707.3
caption: Rear view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn3707.3 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | clay votive figures | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-118992 | Go to resource |
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