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Source Description
A female figure stands stiffly, the shaved head slightly raised. The shoulders droop and the hands dangle, the fingers indicated by simple grooves. Large oval depressions indicate the eyes; the top left eyelid is shown. She has a ledgelike left ear, full breasts, and slender hips with well-shaped buttocks. Incised holes mark the public triangle and navel.There are many old breaks and repairs and a light area in line over the left arm and throax. The lower legs have been broken off.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
15246
label
Female
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
5
Source metadata
id
15246
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Female
description
A female figure stands stiffly, the shaved head slightly raised. The shoulders droop and the hands dangle, the fingers indicated by simple grooves. Large oval depressions indicate the eyes; the top left eyelid is shown. She has a ledgelike left ear, full breasts, and slender hips with well-shaped buttocks. Incised holes mark the public triangle and navel.There are many old breaks and repairs and a light area in line over the left arm and throax. The lower legs have been broken off.
provenance
MacGregor Collection [cat. 1922, p 93, no. 712, pl. XXIV]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
figurines
imageCount
5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.8
height
2.5
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 7/8 x W: 1 x D: 5/16 in. (4.8 x 2.49 x 0.8 cm)
Source extras
med
hippopotamus ivory
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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no