Figure of a Woman


Hilton Price Number
HP3108
Object Types
Sculpture, Statue | Implements and utensils, Toy, Doll
Period
Middle Kingdom
Dynasty
Twelfth Dynasty
Material
Wood
Provenance
Egypt, Lahun
Measurements
Height: 7 1/4"
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian

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Description

Figure of a Woman; has movable arms, but they are wanting; she has a large full wig and stands upon a pedestal. Perhaps a doll(?) H. 7 1/4 in. Wood. XIIth dynasty. Found by Flinders Petrie. Kahun.

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1897) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price. London: Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.