Hollow terracotta figure of Egyptianb dwaft-deity

Made:: 1085 BCE-300 CE

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Hollow terracotta figure of Egyptianb dwaft-deity, Bes, wearing feather crown and "shirt", goggle eyes, and protruding tongue, side broken off, possibly phallic, Egyptian, 1085 BC-300AD

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A87267

Materials:: terracotta

type:: statue

credit:: Gayer-Anderson, R.G.

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Hollow terracotta figure of Egyptianb dwaft-deity

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