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Summary
: H438
: Egyptology
: figurine
: Kneeling figure of a woman with a column shaped hieroglyph (of her name) on her head. She is carved from one piece of wood apart from the lower part of her right arm which is attached by a peg and is bent to her face. She has been painted white with black facial features and a blue wig. She kneels on a wooden base painted red-brown with black rectangles.
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Abydos, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
: 380-343 BC
: Late Period
: Given by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1902.