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Torso and head of female figurine

2400–1550 B.C.
FindspotEgypt
Medium/TechniquePottery. Fired Nile clay with traces of red surface or coating and slight burnish or polish
DimensionsOverall: 11.4 x 8.4 x 0.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 5/16 x 5/16 in.)
Credit LineArchaeological Survey of Nubia
Accession number19.1573
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceKubban. (ASN 110/224 and 110/15). 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition for the Archaeological Survey of Nubia; awarded to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
12th century
Restricted
A.D. 20–50
2334–2154 B.C.
Hacha
400–800
Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas Bentley
about 1778
Portrait of a royal wife (lefem)
Artist Unidentified
19th–20th century
Head
Artist Unidentified, Pacific Islander
mid-19th to early 20th century