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Embodying Indus Life

Female figurine with painted ornaments from Harappa

Some of the ornaments on female figurines were accentuated with white and/or black pigment, and some ornaments were completely rendered in pigment. One female figurine has a choker, a necklace, and bangles on the left upper and lower arm, all painted white. The white bangles may represent shell bangles. Shell bangles were also found on the left arms of the skeletons in some of the burials in the Harappan Period cemetery at Harappa.

Approximate dimensions (W x H x D): 4.8 x 8.1 x 3.1 cm.

Female Figurines
Bangles
Necklaces
Chokers
Harappa
Photograph
Richard H. Meadow
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