The Indus Civilization c11.11

c11.11

There is perhaps some slight resemblance between the statuary of Sumer and that of Mohenjo-daro. The men wore their hair in the same way, *i.e.*, gathered up in a bun at the back of the head and secured by a silver or gold or woven fillet worn round the forehead; and on one supposedly portrait-head from Mohenjo-daro, a pin is represented as stuck through the bun. On these statue heads the upper lip is shaved, a practice that was also common in Sumer (Pl. H).