Art Resource - ART504957

ART504956

Statuette of a nude Nubian woman (front view). Egyptian, 25th Dynasty (Kushite), 746-655 BCE. Western Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga (?). Since predyanstic times statuettes of nude women were given as a symbol of fertility and as a guarantee of rebirth in the graves of women, men and children in Egypt and Nubia. Wood, 10.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm. Inv. AM 12413. Photo: Sandra Steiss.

Unique Identifier ART504957

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 6733px × 8931px

Photo Credit bpk Bildagentur / (name of museum) /(name of photographer) / Art Resource, NY

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