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Young Woman with a Spear

c. 50–200 CE

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

Medium
ivory
Measurements
Overall: 9 x 4 x 1.7 cm (3 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Weight: 25.1 g (0.89 oz.)
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1985.106
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This smiling female figure has her hair tied up to one side, wound around with an embroidered strip of cloth. She stands akimbo with her upper garment removed and tied in a loose looped knot at her side. A broad girdle holds up her clinging, diaphanous skirt. She has the ideal female form of a young mother, and since she holds a spear, she may have served a protective function.
A mottled tan and brown ivory carving depicts a woman facing forward within a weathered rectangular frame. She holds a tall spear with her right hand and rests her left hand on her hip. Her hair is gathered in a large coil on our right. She wears jewelry around her neck, wrists, and waist. Her legs cross at the shins, while textured lines reveal age-worn details across her front-facing figure.

Young Woman with a Spear

c. 50–200 CE

Afghanistan, Begram, Kushan period

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