Provenance: 
Aaron Gallery, London, prior to 1992. [Inv. no. A2067]
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 16 February 1998.
[Accompanied by an Analysis and Metallography of a Copper Silhouette, Dr. Peter Northover, University of Oxford, 8 July 1992.]

This copper object, representing a human figure, is part of a collection of artifacts categorized by Paul Yule (1985) under the term Anthropomorphis. They are affiliated with the Copper Hoard Culture, a civilization that thrived during the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age period in the vicinity of the Gangas Valley in northern India and typically found in groups. The findspots suggest they were intentionally deposited in or near water, and considering the inherent softness of pure copper and the scarce evidence of wear observed on these objects, it seems likely their primary purpose was of a dedicatory nature.