Reproduction
Object Category
figurines
Description
Ebony statuette of woman with monkey with tazze vase on head. Both forearms [formerly] missing: monkey broken off stand. Found at Thebes about 1896, when bought by Petrie from Ali Arabi in Cairo. Figure restored by Martin Burgess.
Collection Place
Thebes
Collection Place Notes
Bought in Egypt from Ali Arabi.
Publications
- Marshall, Amandine, Être un enfant en Égypte ancienne
- Page, Anthea, Egyptian sculpture: archaic to Saite, from the Petrie Collection
- Montserrat, Dominic, Ancient Egypt: Digging for Dreams, p.15
- Marshall, Amandine, Childhood in Ancient Egypt, 75, Fig. 59a, b
- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Seventy Years In Archaeology, p.167
Production Period
Late Dynasty 18
Material
Dimensions
diameter: 8.7 cms
width: 56.5 mm
height: 175 mm
length: 87 mm
width: 39 mm
height: 15.5 mm
weight: 139.566 gms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC14210
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
