Model female figure fragment

Museum number:
6-15784
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Case 100 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Wooden female head from model figure (offering bearer); carrying basket.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery "NNN", Naga-ed-Der, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt, Naga-ed-Der; NNN 100
Culture or time period:
5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC), 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC), and 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Gesso, Paint (coating), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Figurines, Fragments (object portions), Models (representations), and Women (female humans)
Context of use:
Tomb model
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: see 87/4/4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Model female figure fragment, accession number 6-15784, described as Wooden female head from model figure (offering bearer); carrying basket.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Model female figure fragment, accession number 6-15784, described as Wooden female head from model figure (offering bearer); carrying basket.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Model female figure fragment, accession number 6-15784, described as Wooden female head from model figure (offering bearer); carrying basket.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Model female figure fragment, accession number 6-15784, described as Wooden female head from model figure (offering bearer); carrying basket.

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