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Copper alloy figurine

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Title/s	Copper alloy figurine
Category	figure
Name	statuette
Description	female figure, standing, wearing headdress.
Production Notes	The crown suggests the subject is a priestess. The nakedness might suggest a fertility aspect.
Technique Description	separate arms now missing
Dimensions	height 24 cm
Period	Twenty-fifth Dynasty
Date	circa 747 B.C. — 656 B.C.
Provenance	given: Gayer-Anderson, R.G. (Major) 1943 (Filtered for: Antiquities)
Documentation	Riefstahl, Elizabeth Doll, queen or goddess [page: 19] Source title: Brooklyn Museum Journal (1943-1944) Alexander, J. (1994) The origin of the Ballana crowns (1994) [page: ] Source title: Études Napatéenne, Méroïtique et Post-Méroïtique ( (1999) Oxford: Griffith Institute [page: 930]
Material/s	copper alloy
Accession Number	E.GA.4385.1943 (Antiquities) (Reference Number: 58869; Input Date: 2003-03-25 / Last Edit: 2011-07-22)

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Copper alloy figurine