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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Female Figure, Possibly with Dwarfism
This carefully carved plump female figure has short limbs, a large head with short curly hair, and large breasts. A deep hole marks the navel. The wide pubic triangle is marked by holes. There is a depression on top of the buttocks. On the head is a large lotus blossom. A ball surrounded by ridges has been inserted into the hollow lotus to form the calyx of the flower.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Lower Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore,1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 7/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 9/16 in. (6.14 x 1.44 x 1.35 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.507