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Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view2_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.160_NegF_print_bw.jpg)

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Figurine of a Female

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES 6th-7th century C.E.
PERIOD Late Antique Period
DIMENSIONS 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 16.160
CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small terracotta figurine. Hollow; cylindrical below. Modelled and painted in orange-red with buff-colored tunic with black decorations. Breasts modelled in high relief, amulet (?) suspended around neck. Headdress of high triangular form pierced in 3 places. On reverse is incised palm branch running lengthwise. Condition: General condition good, surface somewhat stained, very slight chips around base.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Coptic. Figurine of a Female, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg)
IMAGE front, CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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Coptic. <em>Figurine of a Female</em>, 6th-7th century C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 5 1/4 x 3 1/16 x 1 11/16 in. (13.4 x 7.8 x 4.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.160. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.16.160_view1_ICA.jpg)

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6th-7th century C.E.
Coptic
Coptic Period
Egypt
Egyptian
Figurine
Terracotta

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6th-7th century C.E.
Coptic
Coptic Period
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