Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt

Middle Kingdom

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Wearing a high-waisted kilt, this man, perhaps from the lower echelons of the elite, was likely seated with his arms and hands flat on his thighs. His shaved head, a feature in earlier sculptures signifying purity before the gods, here more likely reflects the fashion of the later Middle Kingdom.

Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)

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Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)
Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)
Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)
Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)
Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)
Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt, Serpentinite (?)

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