"They've captured her in a moment in time."
Curator Catharine Roehrig on a masterpiece of Egyptian wood carving.
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Photographs by Harry Burton, Egyptian Expedition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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This wooden sculpture has motion and vitality unseen in most Egyptian art
"They’ve captured her in a moment in time."
Catharine H. Roehrig
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Catharine H. Roehrig
Curator Emerita, Department of Egyptian Art
Curator Emerita, Department of Egyptian Art
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ca. 1981–1975 B.C.