[SunkenCiv]

This is the largest scale online photo I could find. There's some mighty kooky stuff out there, BTW. And realize that this warning is coming from *me*. *That's* how bad it is. ;') But anyway, this looks African, no?

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["Vigyan Prasar is an autonomous organisation setup by the Government of India's Department of Science and Technology in 1989, to undertake large scale science popularisation tasks in the country."] ...the bronze figurine of dancing girl from Mohenjodaro...

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[SunkenCiv]

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Map of the Sarasvati-Sindu and Ghaggar drainage system. From Gregory Possehl, ed. Harappan Civilization (1982). Probably the real economic (agricultural) and demographic basis of the ancient Sarasvati-Sindu civilization lay in the region, now desert, East of the Indus.

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[colorado tanker]

I agree she looks African, but the article refers to her as "Proto-Australoid." Are they talking about Australian aboriginals?

Naked dancing girl? All they needed was the beer.

[jdm]

Looks like Paris Hilton in a burn unit.

[gnarledmaw]

"Dancing girl"? Most of her is in a proportion that theoretically could be a real person but her arms and especially her hands are so large that I wonder if its supposed to mean something to the viewer.

That object on her left arm, while apparently made of bands similar to the bracelets on her right, suggest to me a function beyond just jewelry.

In the way that the image displays here, it appears that there are some rivets(?) in the left arm adornment and the bands that the adornment is made of are enlarged at the elbow which at least to me suggests some type of functional intent beyond jewelry.

[CarrotAndStick]

But anyway, this looks African, no?

Looks like, but this is art-piece, not necessarily reflective of the appearance of the people living there. I wonder if anyone could make figurines any more differently than that, assuming the size of the figurine is a few inches.

Viking sculpture.

Statue of a bearded man, Indus Valley Civilisation.

[Dustbunny]

The picture of the dancing girl bronze reminds me of African Tribal women I have seen on the Discover Channel etc., they had rings on their arms and necks.

[wafflehouse]

wow.. this must have been before they invented sandwiches

[grey_whiskers]

Guilty!

...wrong thread, never mind.

Cheers!

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