Description
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.
Provenance
(Navin Kumar Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?–1983); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1983–)
Accession Number
1983.79
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
10.2 x 8.7 x 3.7 cm (4 x 3 7/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
