Arash the Archer (Persian: آرش کمانگیر) is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology. According to Persian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own life in the arrow's launch. The arrow was traveling for days before finally landing on the other side of the Oxus on the bark of a walnut tree hundreds of miles away from the original launch site atop a mountain. I figured Arash would be tired and exhausted after his summit, and being alone, would have removed his upper garments to not restrict his movement. He was also going for maximum distance, so he's holding the arrow from his chest and not really aiming at anything in particular.
Wet clay model
