Weiner Mihályné szerk.: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum Évkönyvei 10. (Budapest, 1967)

HOPP FERENC MÚZEUM - MUSÉE FERENC HOPP - Horváth, Vera: Maurya Mother Goddess Figurines

Fig. 3. Head of a woman The statues in our Museum were made of gray clay; according to Gordon, this is a phenomenon, not often met in Indus Culture.

2 As already mentioned before, the face is very expressive, eyes are almond-shaped, the nose and lips are realistically modelled, the hair is neatly combed, upon which a head-dress with beads, rosettes, or with ribbons is resting, the neck is decorated by large beads. According to the reference, made by Gordon in his work, eyes, carved with a piece of wood are commonplace in North West India between 200-300 B.C., they are not unusual in historic times, but very seldom in pre-historical ages. In each respect, the impressions obtained by observing and comparing the statues of Mother Goddess and the figurines of the Museum show many differences as a whole, or in small details, -e.g. the modelling of the faces, the 2 D. H. Gordon, Mohenjo-daro, Some Observations Indian Prehistory, Iraq, VII. (1940) Separatum.