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Statuette of a Nude Girl
Unknownca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Small painted ivory statuette of a nude standing girl, wearing elaborately braided wig; suspension loop on the top of wig. Left arm held under breasts. Hair painted black; minute traces of red pigment on body.Condition: Practically perfect. Necklace missing. Two minute holes just above pelvis suggest figure may have worn a belt or girdle.
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Details
- Title: Statuette of a Nude Girl
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.
- Location Created: Egypt
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/4302/Statuette_of_a_Nude_Girl
- Medium: Ivory, painted
- Period: New Kingdom
- Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty
- Dimensions: 3 1/4 x 5/8 in. (8.3 x 1.6 cm)
- Collection: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession number: 40.126.2
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