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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Egyptian
Title:Shabti
Date Made:380-30 BCE (Late Dynastic Period, Dynasty 30 through Ptolemaic Period)
Type:Ceremonial
Materials:Faience, formed in mold
Place Made:Africa; Asia; Egypt
Measurements:sight: 3 1/16 x 3/4 in., 7.78 x 1.91 cm
Accession Number:  MH 1936.16.1.A.K
Credit Line:Bequest of Emma Dickinson (Class of 1867)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Mummiform figure of aqua blue, bright in color, paler on its head and left side. Long beard, two molded hoes; small protrusion for hands. Figure tapers from shoulders to ankles. Has irregularly shaped back-pillar with division for bottom of wig.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; tombs; deaths; afterlife; religion; rituals; ceremonies; sculpture; agriculture

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