Meet 'Plenty' the female figurine


Mina and Yasin meet 'Plenty' and many other terracotta figurines in the story. Some females
wear baskets on their heads, flowers, and lots of jewellery. They can be fat, thin, or plainly
dressed. Some have babies, others knead dough or grind grain - clues about life in Indus cities.

Is Plenty your name? My name is lost in time, so I told the children to call me Plenty in the story. It's easier than Female Terracotta (clay) Figurine, excavated in Mohenjodaro, currently residing in the National Museum of Delhi.

Terracotta figurine from Mohenjodaro
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Me in my Museum

Who or what are you? Archaeologists found me in a brick dustbin. There were traces of a black substance in my baskets - perhaps it was soot? Some think I am a goddess, others don't! Do you? The figurine's baskets

Incense, lamp flames, grain, flowers? What people might have put in my baskets 4000 years ago.

What are you holding? I was showing our Indus Investigators, Mina and Yasin, around a desirable courtyard residence in Lower Town, Mohenjo-daro. They saved my baby from a dreadful fate. Well, that's the story!

mother and baby figurine


A photo
of me

  What adorns you? We are terracotta figurines, going by the names of Flora and Sparkle in the story. We so love to dress for best! Some archaeologists say we're goddesses, some say not! Can you find real jewellery to match our style?

      Mousover to see us in
      a party mood!

Female figurine from Harappafemale figurine from Mohenjodaro
A photo of me   

Real Jewellery    Bead Belt