Schematic Female Figurine
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Object Label
During the Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period, sculptors occasionally depicted the female form in a highly schematic manner: flat heads, prominent buttocks, small breasts, slim waists, and eyes and eyebrows that appear as slits. Their style differs from standard Egyptian artistic conventions, indicating that these figures may have been Nubian imports or objects made by or for the poor.
Caption
Schematic Female Figurine, ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 4 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 9/16 in. (12 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 77.49. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Schematic Female Figurine
Date
ca. 1630–1539 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 13 to Dynasty 17
Period
Second Intermediate Period, Hyksos Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Clay, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 9/16 in. (12 x 3.7 x 1.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
77.49
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