Who was the dancing girl
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Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting about c. 2300-1750 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro, which was one of the earliest cities.
NAME: DANCING GIRL
MEDIUM: BRONZE
PERIOD: CIRCA 2500 BC
LOCATION: MOHENJODARO
SIZE: 10.5 × 5 × 2.5 cms. (4.1 inches) high
COLLECTION: NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI.
THEME / SUBJECT MATTER: A small bronze statue of a dancing girl.
DESCRIPTION: This is one of the greatest achievements of the artists of Mohenjodaro as the masters of miniature. The bronze statue of the dancing girl is only four inches high. And yet it speaks volumes of a metal caster's excellent skills. This world-famous figure shows a female figure standing in a tribhanga pose as if relaxing after a dance number, with her right hand resting on her hip and the left entirely covered with bangles resting on the left leg forward. Head is slightly tilted and hair tightened with a ribbon upon shoulder. Eyes are closed; neck is decorated with a cowry shell necklace. Her arms and legs look disproportionate may be for the sake of simplicity. The dark medium of bronze is right for the dark negroid facial features. The features do not actually have resemblance to any particular female face. The lips and nose are thick and the elongated, half-closed eyes resemble the Limestone Bust of High priest'. The physical details of the body are also very less except for small breasts, curved waist and bare groin. The female figures of this civilisation are believed to be devoted to the power of fertility of women.