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| Keywords: Egyptian - Nude Male Bust - Walters 22233 - Three Quarter.jpg The small fragment was part of a statuette made of hard high quality wood The arms and the lower part of the body are now lost It is likely that the artist reused material left from another official commission to piece together this figure The figure is carved in the round and has a shaven head His eyes are painted He has pins in the shoulder for the attachment of his arms The piece is finished at the waist and has a hole through the core It was probably set on a separately made lower body between 2119 1793 BC Middle Kingdom dark red wood with black and white paint cm 6 3 accession number 22 233 31541 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquistion unknown as XII Dynasty Assiout Henry Walters Baltimore 1930 by purachase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Carved for Immortality The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 place of origin Asyut Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom Ancient Egyptian art from Asyut | ||||
