<Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> 10.5 cm × 5 cm (4 1 / 8 in × 2 in) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Location </Th> <Td> National Museum, New Delhi, Delhi </Td> </Tr> <P> Dancing Girl is a prehistoric bronze sculpture made in approximately 2500 BCE in the Indus Valley Civilisation city of Mohenjo - daro (in modern - day Pakistan), which was one of the earliest human cities . The statue is 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) tall, and depicts a young woman or girl with stylized proportions standing in a confident, naturalistic pose . Dancing Girl is well - regarded as a work of art, and is a cultural artefact of the Indus Valley Civilisation . The statuette was discovered by British archaeologist Ernest Mackay in 1926, prior to the Partition of India . It is held by the National Museum, New Delhi, and ownership is disputed by Pakistan . </P> <P> A bronze statuette DANCING GIRL is 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) high and about 5,000 years old . It was found in the "HR area" of Mohenjo - daro in 1926 by Ernest Mackay . Although it is in a standing position, it was named "Dancing Girl" with an assumption of her profession . This is one of two bronze art works found at Mohenjo - daro that show more flexible features when compared to other more formal poses . The girl is naked, wears a number of bangles and a necklace and is shown in a natural standing position with one hand on her hip . She wears 24 to 25 bangles on her left arm and 4 bangles on her right arm, and some object was held in her left hand, which is resting on her thigh; both arms are unusually long . One arm completely filled with bangles which is similar to Banjara lady . Her necklace has three big pendants . She has her long hair styled in a big bun that is resting on her shoulder . This statue is a cultural artifact reflecting the aesthetics of a female body as conceptualized during that historical period . </P>

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