Three are female, the fourth, second from left is of the lower part of a finely modelled figure. Find no. A 127.
Right: has a thick braid.
Second from right: wears “a distinctive headdress which rises fan like from back of the head… a close fitting collar with a number of pendants, a long necklace … with a brooch or clasp at the centre, reaching down between the breasts” (Vats, 1940, p. 292-3).
Human figurines are described in detail in by Mackay in Mohenjodaro and the Indus Civilization (1931). Vats mentioned that “a very large number of human figurines has been found at Harappa at all levels and in all trenches. Nearly two thirds of them are female”. They “wear only a loin cloth with or without a girdle… usually standing… As at Mohenjodaro, most of the female figures wear an abundance of jewelery. Among the most common ornaments are a close fitting collar with a number of pendants, a long necklace, often with a brooch or clasp at the centre, reaching down between the breasts, and a loin girdle, with one to three bosses or clasps…” [Vats 1940, p. 292-3].
NOTE: The find numbers written on the back of the photograph B 1310, P 120, A P127, HB 375.