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Caption

Nubian. Inlay in the Form of a Woman, 350–450 C.E.. Ivory, pigment, 3 1/8 × 1 5/16 × 1/8 in. (7.9 × 3.4 × 0.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 66.66.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Culture

Nubian

Title

Inlay in the Form of a Woman

Date

350–450 C.E.

Period

Meroitic Period

Geography

Possible place collected: Gebel Adda, Sudan (ancient Nubia)

Medium

Ivory, pigment

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

3 1/8 × 1 5/16 × 1/8 in. (7.9 × 3.4 × 0.3 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

66.66.2

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