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Figure of a dog
c. 150 BC - AD 330
Indonesia, South Sulawesi
Bronze
h. 22.5 cm
UEA 1029In Southeast Asia, domesticated dogs are found in neolithic cultures of the 3rd millennium BC. Dogs figure prominently in the mythologies of the peoples of the outer islands of Indonesia, and it is only with the coming of Islam, which classifies dogs and pigs as unclean, that they become less visible in the arts and cultures of the peoples of Central Indonesia. The left hind leg of this dog is missing, revealing that is a hollow cast.
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