<em>Figure of a Girl Floating</em>, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Wood, 1 1/16 x 5/8 x 11/16 in. (2.7 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.609E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.609E_front_PS2.jpg)

Figure of a Girl Floating, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Wood, 1 1/16 x 5/8 x 11/16 in. (2.7 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.609E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.609E_front_PS2.jpg)

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Figure of a Girl Floating

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Wood

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.

DYNASTY late Dynasty 18

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 1 1/16 x 5/8 x 11/16 in. (2.7 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.609E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Wooden head from a toilet spoon. The head has a long neck which terminates in a tenon once used to connect the head to a nude frontal swimming body. The head is of a female, and the lower edges of the eyes are treated somewhat in the "hazy" manner of some art of the Amarna Period. The female wears a short wig, cut on a diagonal up towards the rear, and a kind of side braid. The locks of the wig are carved as zigzag lines. Condition: Blackened in spots; scratched; tenon incomplete.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Figure of a Girl Floating, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E. Wood, 1 1/16 x 5/8 x 11/16 in. (2.7 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.609E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.609E_front_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE front, 37.609E_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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