Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent

Middle Kingdom–Early New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109

This dark-skinned young woman wears a brightly patterned skirt, a necklace, anklets, and a fillet around her head. She probably represents an attendant of one of the Hathor priestesses and royal wives at the court of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II. Remains of two similar figures were also found, and the three may have originally stood on a common base symbolically clapping their hands at a festival or the funeral of a higher-status woman.

Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent, Wood, paint

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Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent, Wood, paint
Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent, Wood, paint
Figure of a Woman of Nubian Descent, Wood, paint

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