SILVER FIGURE OF A DWARF 5th - 3rd century BC. Height 15.7 cm Only a handfui of human figures from the pre- Han period are preserved. The majority of these represent kneeling servants and some evidently were intended as supports for trays and lamp- holders. The figure here illustrated, and another of a leather-clad solder attributed to the Han period, are the only examples of silver statuary surviving from early times. The dating of the dwarfrests on the treatment of the face, which relates it to some of the bronze figures datable to the 5th - 3rd centuries BC Marc’s note: as stated in the picture details, such a population (African) once existed in China. Possessing the gentle stance and features shown, we know that such an ethnic group would be looked down upon today as valueless humanity not meriting attention. And yet, this population produced a sophisticated art and society that carries on into China today. And the sculpturist, African by phenotype as well, we would assume, had rare, and superb taste as his is one of the few silver statuary. We note here as elsewhere that it is Chinese scientists themselves who affirm that the whole Chinese population can ultimately trace its roots to Africa. Please refer to the leading journal, Nature, for this article: Yuehai Ke and Li Jin, et. al., African Origin of Modern Humans in East Asia: A Tale of 12,000 Y Chromosomes, Science, 292:5519, pp. 1151-1153, Issue of 11 May 2001. Paul Marc Washington, paleoneolithic@yahoo.com

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