Man Eating Fruit (?) / Artist Unknown, India
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2012/2.165
- Title
- Man Eating Fruit (?)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, India
- Artist Nationality
- Indian
- Medium and Support
- terracotta
- Object Creation Date
- 400-499
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nesta and Walter Spink
- Period
- Gupta
- Dimensions
- 8.57 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm (3 3/8 in. x 3 1/2 in. x 2 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 5th century
- Physical Description
- A head of a man with an object in his mouth, possibly fruit? There is only the head present, no longer attached to a neck. The man has very dramatic slanted eyes and short hair. His mouth is open slightly to make room for the fruit that appears to have a box-like design on it.
- Secondary Keywords
- biological components
- components
- components and systems
- components by specific context
- descriptors
- food
- materials
- materials by function
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- the human body
- upper body
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2592 x 3888
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2012/2.165
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.165/2012_2_165.tif
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"Man Eating Fruit (?); Artist Unknown, India." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2012-sl-2.165/2012_2_165.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 22, 2024.