Figurine; Fayoum; Figurines; Clay (unfired); Musician

Notes:

Woman draped to calves in short sleeved, V-necked garment stand frontally, holds tambourine out to side with left hand and taps it with right hand. Pace is full with large eyes, heavy lids, prominent cheekbones, thick bow-shaped upper lip, and heavy nose. Wears stippled double-glyphed headband atop tuffs of hair aligned in eleven vertical rows; three large tresses fall to shoulders. Wears large hooped earrings. Indicated on backside are folds of drapery, dimples of lower back, rim of headband, and hair, which is parted down center, gathering loosely at nape, and allowed to drop in eight corkscrew locks to shoulder blades. Feet are huge and almost in the round. Right foot missing. Brown clay (Muns. 7.5 YR 5/4) moulded hollow in two halves and sealed sides. No vent. Bottom of foot closed.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Fayoum; Figurines; Egypt

Language:

UND

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