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Crouching Dwarf Musician
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About this work
Images of dwarfs referenced the fertility of the earth. With lush curling hair, portly full body, and visible genitals, this figure squats close to the earth and plays on a double flute pipe instrument.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCrouching Dwarf Musician, 200–100 BCE. India, Shunga period (185–78 BCE). Terracotta; 10.2 x 8.7 x 3.7 cm (4 x 3 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1983.79
