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model
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figure
Object Type
model
figure
Museum number
EA32736
Description
Painted wooden female figure supporting a basket on the head; right arm lost; legs broken at knee level; broken tenon in the basket.
Cultures/periods
First Intermediate
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials
wood
Technique
painted
Dimensions
Height:
31.90 centimetres
Location
Not on display
Condition
incomplete and worm-eaten
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Rev Greville John Chester
Acquisition date
1882
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA32736
Registration number
1882,1127.152
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.2138e
(Birch Slip Number)