Female Figurine

Collection

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Terracotta with polychrome, H 10 inches

Egyptian, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 or 19, ca., 1350–1200 B.C.

In Egyptian canon, nudity and side-lock signify youth. This hand-molded female figurine may possibly function as a fertility figure.

Musuem purchase, Friends of Ian White Endowment Fund

2000.132

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