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<em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg)
Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg)
<em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegG_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Female Figure

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Clay, pigment
  • Place Excavated: El Ma’marîya, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Predynastic Period, Naqada IIa Period
    DIMENSIONS 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 07.447.503
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Terracotta figurine of a woman; with uplifted arms. Simplified form. Probably represents a female figure although breasts are not shown. Torso flat. Lower part peg-shaped. Buff pottery. Red paint on torso; white paint, indicating cloth, from hips down to "feet". Condition: Lacks head, right arm, upper left arm. Torso covered with pinkish overpainting, hiding a repair at waist. White paint abraded.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Female Figure, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2013
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    <em>Female Figure</em>, ca. 3650–3300 B.C.E. Clay, pigment, 6 5/8 x 1 13/16 x depth at hips 3/4 in. (16.8 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 07.447.503. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.07.447.503_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

    TAGS

    Egypt
    Egyptian
    sculpture
    terracotta
    painted
    El Ma'mariya
    Ma'mariya
    burial
    ritual
    funerary
    figurine
    woman
    female
    Predynastic period
    Naqada IIa
    3650 B.C.E. - 3300 B.C.E.
    raised arms
    uplifted arms
    narrow
    buff pottery
    red paint
    flat torso
    slender

    TAGS

    Egypt
    Egyptian
    sculpture
    terracotta
    painted
    El Ma'mariya
    Ma'mariya
    burial
    ritual
    funerary
    figurine
    woman
    female
    Predynastic period
    Naqada IIa
    3650 B.C.E. - 3300 B.C.E.
    raised arms
    uplifted arms
    narrow
    buff pottery
    red paint
    flat torso
    slender

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