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| Keywords: Egyptian - Female Figure - Walters 711130 - Left.jpg The nude female figure has her arms pressed to the sides and no modeling of the hands The piece stained brown is in the round The legs are broken off at the knees and a portion of the upper right arm is missing Such figures were called dolls but have been shown to be fertility amulets They are found in many female burials century 3 4 ivory cm 9 35 1 54 0 26 accession number 71 1130 18641 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Estate of Dikran Kelekian New York 1951 Walters Art Museum 1951 by purchase Museum purchase 1951 Beyond the Pharaohs Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A D Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Medieval ivory in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
