Female Nude
5th-6th century
This unusually large bone inlay is coarsely carved from a piece of bone that is semicircular in section. It is squared on the edges and broken at both top and bottom.
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.
Raphael Storza, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A.P. Fund, 1946
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.
71.1120