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Emaciated Crouching Figure, c. 100 BC-AD 300. Creator: Unknown.

Emaciated Crouching Figure, c. 100 BC-AD 300. Creator: Unknown.

2-727-910 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Emaciated Crouching Figure, c. 100 BC-AD 300. The protruding ribs and staring eyes of this melancholy figure may show the effects of a ritual fast, rather than famine. Fasting purified an individual in preparation for religious rites and may have enhanced the search for supernatural visions.

Image Details

Medium
  1. Earthenware with burnished red slip
Picture Type
  1. Sculpture

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3825x4193
File Size : 46,987kb

Aliases

  1. 1990.261
  1. 155554
  1. 0940022192
  1. 1990.261
  1. 2-727-910
  1. 2727910

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