Dancing Figure A man twists his body in a vigorous dance movement. He is nude except for a cloth tied around his waist. The exaggerated features, such as the beaked nose, ill-proportioned head, and strangely thin arms, indicate that he probably belonged to a marginalized class in society. The shaved head with a single lock of hair on top may suggest that he is a slave. The exotic portrayal of slaves and foreigners in bronze figurines was popular in Alexandria, a major port city in the Hellenistic period. Anonymous sculpture 1986.46