Harappan Civilizations & the Aryan Migration (ca. 2300-1750 B.C.E.)
Artist: unknown
Title: "Toy" cart with a yoke of oxen
Material: Terracotta (wooden axle, tongue, and yoke are restorations)
Site: Mohenjo-Daro, Pakistan
Current Location: National Museum of Pakistan (Karachi Museum), Pakistan
Period/Date: Indus/Harrapa Civilization/ ca. 2300-1750 B.C.E.
Iconography/Iconology: Often called a toy, the figure in the cart seems
to be cradling two children and may be the object of some ritual. Similar
sculptures are used to the present day as offerings to the protective village
deities.
Stylistic Comments: The simple, facile modeling is often characteristic
of folk arts throughout village India today.
