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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Pottery Fertility Idol

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Rare Near Choice Indus Valley Fertility Goddess: Central Asia, Pakistan/ Afghanistan, Mehrgarh period (pre-Indus Valley civilization), ca. 2800 to 2600 BCE. A "bird-faced" Indus Valley female figurine, positioned in a crouching pose with her hands h

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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Seated Nude Female Idol: Central Asia, Pakistan/ Afghanistan, Mehrgarh period (pre-Indus Valley civilization), ca. 2800 to 2600 BCE. A hand-built pottery fertility idol with a characteristic bird-like face. The figure present

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Indus Valley Mehrgarh Pottery Fertility Idol

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Description

Central Asia, Pakistan/ Afghanistan, Mehrgarh period (pre-Indus Valley civilization), ca. 2800 to 2600 BCE. A fine fragment of a hand-built pottery female fertility figure exhibiting a abstract, avian-style face. Her head and bulb-form coiffure are covered with a thin veil, and her neck is adorned with layered necklaces that culminate in a round medallion. Bird-faced figurines like this one are found throughout the region, although their meaning is unclear - most female figures found by largely male archaeologists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century were immediately given the title "fertility idol," but more recent interpretations suggest that these figures probably had much more nuanced and varied symbolism, perhaps representing a goddess, a matriarch, or a worshipper. Size: 0.78" L x 1.55" W x 2.02" H (2 cm x 3.9 cm x 5.1 cm); 5.35" H (13.6 cm) on included custom stand.

Provenance: private Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA collection, inherited via grandfather, who collected before 1980

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Condition

This is a fragment of a larger figure as shown with losses to legs, arms, and lower body. Light earthen deposits and abrasions, otherwise in great condition. Nice preservation to feminine form. Drilled through underside of torso for mounting purpose.