Dancing Girl (prehistoric sculpture)
| Dancing Girl | |
|---|---|
| Material | Bronze |
| Height | 10.5 cm |
| Created | c. 2000 BC |
| Discovered | 1926 Sindh, Pakistan |
| Present location | National Museum, New Delhi, India |
The Dancing Girl is a bronze sculpture made in lost-wax casting around c. 2300–1750 BC in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo-daro (in modern-day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest cities. The statue is 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) tall, and depicts a nude young woman or girl with stylized ornaments, standing in a confident, naturalistic pose. Dancing Girl is highly regarded as a work of art.
The statue was excavated by British archaeologist Ernest Mackay in the "HR area" of Mohenjo-daro in 1926. It is now in the National Museum, New Delhi, having been allocated to India at the Partition of India in 1947.