Female Figure, Possibly with Dwarfism

ca. 3500 BCE (Predynastic; Naqada II)

1.8 cm 3.3 cm 0.4 cm

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Individuals with dwarfism played an interesting role in Egyptian society since Predynastic times. Dwarfism--a genetic condition characterized by unusually short stature and shortened limbs--is frequently represented in Egyptian tomb reliefs and statues. People with dwarfism we...

Artifact

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18110
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MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [lot 712]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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5
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