Female Tomb Figure

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This woman wears a long wig and a close-fitting dress. Although the figure has lost its arms and feet, the high quality of the piece is still visible in the details of the face.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Examination	examined for condition
7/31/1998	Examination	survey

Exhibitions

Carved for Immortality. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Asyut]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

1900-1800 BCE (Middle Kingdom)

Medium

wood, black, white, and yellow paint
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.15

Measurements

H above base: 16 1/8 in. (41 cm)

Geographies

Egypt, Assiout (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View