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Wooden offering bearer: E.201.1939

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Wooden offering bearer

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Description

Female figure, striding, carrying square basket on head

Measurements and weight

Height: 42 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1939) by Hornblower, G. D., OBE

Dating

Middle Kingdom
First Intermediate period
-2160 - -2055

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Carved : Painted

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.201.1939
Primary reference Number: 53895
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 23 May 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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