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Indus Valley - Goddess Mother of Fertility

Goddess Mother of Fertility, Indus Valley
Culture of Merhgarh
Period 7B, around 2600 BC.
Terracotta with green patina
H. 9.7 cm x L. 3.2 cm x 3 cms

This goddess presents her arms in front of her, and, as a sign of modernity, her legs are completely separated and her toes individualized while she wears a neat hairstyle of curls that frames her face underneath a veil. An imposing breastplate with a quintuple row of gold necklaces and a central girdle spreads over her chest.

Left leg glued again following a handling accident.

Iconography:
"The forgotten cities of the Indus". J.F JARRIGE. Catalogue of the exhibition. AFAA, Paris 1988 pages 87, 88

"The Indus terracotta". Vibha TRIPATHI, Ajeet K. SRIVASTAVA, Ed. Sharada Publishing House, Delhi 1994. Boards XXI, XXII, page 212

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