Hellenistic Bronze Statuette of an Aethiopian Youth (Illustration)

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by Unknown
published on 25 January 2018

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Hellenistic Bronze Statuette of an Aethiopian Youth — This Hellenistic bronze statuette of an African youth dates to sometime between the 2nd-3rd Centuries BCE. It portrays a young worker, likely a blacksmith or other artisan, of Sub-Saharan African origin. While the piece is of unknown provenance, it can currently be seen in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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© Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY. Republished for educational/scholarly use under the museum's Open Access for Scholarly Content initiative. Original image by Unknown. Uploaded by Arienne King, published on 25 January 2018 under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

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Unknown, . (2018, January 25). Hellenistic Bronze Statuette of an Aethiopian Youth. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/8025/

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Unknown, . "Hellenistic Bronze Statuette of an Aethiopian Youth." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 25 Jan 2018. Web. 27 Jan 2021.

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