Sumerian art included metalwork, sculptures and paintings. The sculptures were made out of stones. Tell Asmar Statuettes was one of the famous sculpture built by the Sumerians. It represents the god of vegetation.They decorated the palaces with sculptures and large portal guardians. Portal guardians were large guards who took the form of half animals and half humans. Their body was of an animal, but their faces were of human. During that period, the mixture of animal and human body was the tradition of art.