MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Female - Walters 71535.jpg A female figure stands stiffly the shaved head slightly raised The shoulders droop and the hands dangle the fingers indicated by simple grooves Large oval depressions indicate the eyes; the top left ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Female - Walters 71535.jpg A female figure stands stiffly the shaved head slightly raised The shoulders droop and the hands dangle the fingers indicated by simple grooves Large oval depressions indicate the eyes; the top left eyelid is shown She has a ledgelike left ear full breasts and slender hips with well-shaped buttocks Incised holes mark the public triangle and navel There are many old breaks and repairs and a light area in line over the left arm and throax The lower legs have been broken off mid 4th millennium BC Predynastic Egypt hippopotamus ivory cm 4 8 2 49 0 8 accession number 71 535 15246 MacGregor Collection cat 1922 p 93 no 712 pl XXIV Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Egyptian predynastic art in the Walters Art Museum
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