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Dancing Figure
Dancing Figure

Dancing Figure

Primary
NationalityGreek, Europe
Dateafter 200 BCE – before 1 BCE
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 4 × 1 7/8 × 13/16 in. (10.2 × 4.8 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Frost Brothers Benefit and Archer M. Huntington Museum Fund, 1986.46
Keywords
Collection AreaAntiquities
Object number1986.46
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A man twists his body in a vigorous dance movement. He is nude except for a cloth tied around his waist. The exaggerated features, such as the beaked nose, ill-proportioned head, and strangely thin arms, indicate that he probably belonged to a marginalized class in society. The shaved head with a single lock of hair on top may suggest that he is a slave. The exotic portrayal of slaves and foreigners in bronze figurines was popular in Alexandria, a major port city in the Hellenistic period.
ProvenanceLeon [1907–1988] and Harriet [1916–1972] Pomerance; purchased from Robert Haber, New York, 1986
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