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Statuette: E.GA.2715.1943

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Upper part of a carved wooden statuette of Isis, with headdress. There are traces of red pigment visible on the headdress. There is damage to both arms (revealing dowel holes on the right shoulder), and there is damage to the torso, where the statue has broken off, revealing an additional dowel hole. A dowel hole is also present on the right side of the face.

Isis, upper part

Measurements and weight

Length: 20.3 cm
Width: 6.6 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Materials used in production

Wood

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.2715.1943
Primary reference Number: 57130
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025 Last processed: Friday 18 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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