Medium: Faience
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1938–1630 B.C.E.
Dimensions: 2 x 5 3/16 in. (5.1 x 13.1 cm)
Collections:
Museum Location: Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
Exhibitions:
Accession Number: 44.226
Image: 44.226_SL1.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Faience figurine of a dancing-girl. Turquoise blue glaze with details (hair, eyes, and eyebrows, ornaments) in purplish black. The figure is rather well-modeled, with slender waist and swelling thighs. The upper arms are free from the body, but hands and lower arms lie close to the thighs. The legs end (as is frequent in servant-figurines of the period) in rounded stumps at the knees. The girl wears a “Hathor” wig with spiral curls in front and straight, squared lock in back, and is nude save for a girdle of cowrie-shells and beads and bead necklaces, indicated by black markings. Black dots arranged in lozenges on legs probably indicate tattooing. The pubic triangle is emphasized by black dots. Condition: Broken through the middle and repaired. Black spots worn in places. Brownish traces of (?) clay mould. Otherwise perfect.