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The statuette represents a sitting woman wearing a wig with long lappets resting on her breast; the cut of her dress is obscure because of complete loss of painting. Rhomboidal pattern imitating a tattoo is incised on the legs. This rare feature is an attribute of female dancers, musicians and harem women; however, they were never shown sitting and the Hermitage statuette is unique in this respect.

The statuette represents a sitting woman wearing a wig with long lappets resting on her breast; the cut of her dress is obscure because of complete loss of painting. Rhomboidal pattern imitating a tattoo is incised on the legs. This rare feature is an attribute of female dancers, musicians and harem women; however, they were never shown sitting and the Hermitage statuette is unique in this respect.

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From the first collection of Bobrovski; the date, place and method of acquisition are unrecorded.

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Bibliography

Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, pp.62-63, cat.no.59.

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Preservation: 
The arms and legs below the knees are lost. The pigment on the body is entirely lost.

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