Female Figure, Possibly with Dwarfism

mid 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)

2 cm 4.5 cm 0.8 cm

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This plump female figure has a large head, pointed ears, small round eyes, and pendulous breasts. A hole marks the navel. The pubic triangle is marked by incised dots. This figure has may have been depicted with the characteristics of dwarfism. The figure has short, distorted...

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2836
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object
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[Old number 3585]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, 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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4
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hippopotamus ivory

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