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Female Tomb Figure
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This woman is shown nude, but with collar, bracelets and anklets. Women were normally depicted in a restful pose, with feet together and arms hanging down beside the body-not in the more active stance of men, with the left foot forward.
The woman has short hair painted black, in rows of rectangles. She wears a painted necklace, braclets, and anklets. Her feet have been repaired, and she has pins under her heels and set into modern base.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2004-2005 | Carved for Immortality. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | exhibition | |
| 12/20/1939 | Treatment | repaired; mounted |
| 9/27/1963 | Treatment | repaired |
| 6/2/1981 | Examination | examined for condition |
| 10/5/2000 | Treatment | other |
| 6/26/2001 | Treatment | other; cleaned |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 in. (28 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.253