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STANDING FEMALE DIETY

Standing Female Diety. Pakistan, 7th Century. Materials; bronze with gold inlay. Measurement; H. H. 6 5/8 in. (16.9 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York City.

The name of this object alone acknowledges that the subject is divine. But how is it that we know this? There are no publications or more information to shed any light on the object, but from the halo alone we can gather that this is a depiction of a Goddess. We may also be able to extrapolate her divine significance from her clothing, 

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