Ask the Scholar

Document scope · 5 pages
obj
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory. For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.

Source Description

This standing female figure has high breasts, a long torso, and very large hands with fingers marked by grooves. There is an indentation at the navel and at the top of the buttocks, and there are traces of gold leaf on the upper right leg, left breast, and right arm. The head and feet are missing.

Scholar Source Context

Document identity
localId
28307
label
Nude Female Figure
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
5
Source metadata
id
28307
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Nude Female Figure
description
This standing female figure has high breasts, a long torso, and very large hands with fingers marked by grooves. There is an indentation at the navel and at the top of the buttocks, and there are traces of gold leaf on the upper right leg, left breast, and right arm. The head and feet are missing.
provenance
Grand Duke Nicolas Michaelovitch Collection, St. Petersburg [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Léon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2040-1786 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
figurines
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4
height
0.9
depth
0.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 9/16 x W: 3/8 x D: 1/8 in. (3.98 x 0.9 x 0.25 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
11th-12th Dynasty
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
88f07f4cabdf760b
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
a5fda896afe56abd
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
3
type
photo
mediaId
ce04d4fecf27031b
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
4
type
photo
mediaId
267a45158328ec24
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
5
type
photo
mediaId
34a2d44576164a72
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no