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TITLE OF WORK: Dancing dwarf, Ptolemaic period, marble

TYPE OF WORK: Sculpture, statuette, marble

DATE: -300

DATE DETAILS: BC approx.

DIMENSIONS: 10 height x 4.9 cm width

COMMENTS: Although in this instance the top of the head, arms and legs are missing, bronze statuettes of dancers and dwarf-dancers often hold castanets, and the origin of the type should probably be associated

LOCALITY OF REFERENCE: Ancient Egypt, Greece

DANCE FORM: solo

KEYWORDS: dwarf