LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: IndusValley

Seated Mother Goddesses Pakistan (Baluchistan), Indus civilization, Mehrgarh style, ca. 3000-2500 BC Terracotta Accession # 2001.305 or 2001.306 ? Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Stamp seal fragment: unicorn and incense-burner (?), inscription Period: Mature Harappan Date: ca. 2600–1900 B.C. Geography: Indus Valley Medium: Steatite, burnt Dimensions: Seal Face: 3.87 x 3.87 cm Height: 1.97 cm Classification: Stone-Stamp Seals, Inscribed Credit Line: Dodge Fund, 1949 Accession Number: 49.40.3 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Reclining mouflons (wild sheep), Mature Harappan; 2600–1900 B.C. Indus Valley Marble; L. 28 cm Purchase, Anonymous Gift and Rogers Fund, 1978 (1978.58) This powerful sculpture represents a mouflon, a type of wild sheep native to the highland regions of the Near East. The animal's head, now partially broken away, is held upward and is twisted to the right, creating an impression of alertness. The artist has achieved a realistic rendering of an animal at rest, its weight thrown fully onto its left haunch, and its left hind leg tucked under its body. The bottom of the statue has been worn away, but it is likely that the hidden leg was originally indicated there. The entire body is contained within a single unbroken outline. The horns, ears, tail, and muscles were modeled in relief, although time and secondary use have flattened the contours on the right side. This combination of closed outline with broadly modeled masses and a minimum of incised detail is characteristic of animal sculpture from the Harappan-period levels at the site of Mohenjo Daro in the lower reaches of the Indus River. The function of these animal sculptures is unknown. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/ancien...

Figure of a Bull Serpentine Indus Valley Mature Harappan period, 2600-1900 BC Accession # 1986.280 Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.