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| Keywords: Egyptian - Female Fertility Figure - Walters 71517 - Three Quarter.jpg Female fertility figures became popular during the Middle Kingdom They were found in tombs of men and women and were also later donated to the temples This statuette displays a nude girl She is adorned with a belt and a long necklace with a pectoral The figure once had a wig attached which is now lost but the dowel holes where it would have been attached are preserved The pubic triangle is marked by incised dots and a line ca 2000 1900 BC Middle Kingdom hippopotamus ivory cm 12 5 3 2 2 4 accession number 71 517 15624 Henry Walters Baltimore 1925 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom | ||||
