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Begram Ivory and Bone Carvings

Catalogue Number: 10.A.097

Technique: Openwork

Material: NA

Size: 15.5 x 10 cm

Marks:

Theme: Human Figures

Motif: Woman

Description: Two women are depicted under a gateway topped by an Indian arch. The woman on the right has her left leg flexed very high and her heel is touching the trunk of an asoka tree. A duck with its head raised is depicted in profile in the bottom right. The two women are embracing.

Reference: Hackin 1954, p.212, fig.95

Museum Number: MA 344

Chapter Reference(s):
   4_3b

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