Naqada Egyptian Figurine, Small

Description

Naqada Funerary Sculpture (4000-3500 B.C. )

This beautiful, stylized figure of a woman was carved from ivory during the first Naqada period. The large eyes were inlaid with precious lapis lazuli. In pre-dynastic Egypt such sculptures were often buried with the dead to ensure successful reincarnation.

Measures: 5″H x 1.5″W x 1.5″D.