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Ushabti
1550-1069 BCE (New Kingdom)
limestone, black paint
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This figure is carved mummiform. She wears a female wig and has painted eyes. Her arms are crossed; there is a hoe in the right hand, a cord to a sack behind her left shoulder, and a mattock in her left hand. There is an inscription painted on the front.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1922
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.
22.318