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Copper alloy figure: E.8.1937

Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

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Copper alloy figure

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Description

Female figure. The woman represented here is probably a fertility figure.

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.3 cm

Find spot

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
-1550 - -1295

Materials used in production

bronze Copper alloy
Inlay

Techniques used in production

Cast (process) : Inlaid

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.8.1937
Primary reference Number: 53549
Oldadmincategory: MW
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 7 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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