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Object Type
Museum number: EA45074
Description: A standing wooden female figure, shown with the left leg advanced, wearing a long white dress with a diagonal shoulder-strap. On her head is a square-shaped basket, painted yellow with a patttern of black lines. The basket is held by the left hand of the figure; the other hand holds a duck by her side. The skin is coloured yellow; the wig black, and the eyes are also outlined in black. All the paint has been applied over a thin coat of plaster. The figure stands on a rectangular pedestal.
Cultures/periods
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Asyut (town), Tomb 6, Chamber A
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 51.40 centimetres; Width: 9.80 centimetres; Depth: 20.60 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair, body cracked
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA45074
Registration number: 1907,0511.34

Free entry