Statuette of a Striding Figure

Art Institute of Chicago

Statuette of a Striding Figure

Mesopotamian or Iranian

Date
3000-2800 BCE
Medium
Copper
Culture
Iraq
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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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