Standing Male Wearing a Kilt

Standing atop a three-pronged base, this stylized human figure wears a short belted triangular kilt, which suggests that he is male (1). His bare torso has wide-set nipples and tapers from his straight, broad shoulders to a slim waist. His arms are set akimbo, and his hands rest atop his belt. His legs are slightly splayed and have articulated knees and toes. His round eyes consume most of his triangular face, which is distinguished by a long protruding nose and small mouth. His hair is rendered as a single relief element that terminates in round coils, evoking ears, at either side of the face. The reverse of this relatively flat statuette is undecorated, but the buttocks are modeled.

Figures of similar style (for example, 1943.1162) are depicted on various types of bronze objects attributed to early first millennium BCE Luristan, but the provenience of these works is not confirmed (2).