Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 3000 BCE
Medium: Copper alloy, shell
Dimensions: 6 7/8 × 2 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (17.5 × 5.4 × 7 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Sculpture
Culture: Proto-Elamite
Period: Proto-Elamite
Themes: Men
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2007
Met highlightDate range
-3000 – -3000
Largest dimension
7.0 cm
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