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  • ? proto elamite 1

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  • ID: 510
  • Uploader: IantumarosOfGaul »
  • Date: about 7 hours ago
  • Approver: VeliteAquila »
  • Size: 531 KB .jpg (1690x2250) »
  • Source: artic.edu/artworks/206785/statuette-of-a-striding-figure »
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art institute of chicago by proto_elamite
Original Commentary

Statuette of a Striding Figure

Cast in solid copper and executed with a remarkable degree of sophistication, this statuette is thought to represent a supernatural being that served as an intermediary between the physical world and the spiritual realm. It depicts a muscular, bearded male wearing a headdress of goat horns and ears, a raptor skin over his shoulders, a cylindrical belt around his trim waist, and ankle boots with long, curved toes. His eyes are inlaid with bits of shell or stone; the now-missing pupils were probably made from a contrasting material. It is one of a pair of virtually identical figures (the other is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) that are unlike anything else that is known today.

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