Carved steatite(?) ithyphallic head

Made:: 3000 BCE-300 CE

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Carved steatite(?) ithyphallic head, feet, one arm and phallus missing, probably originally held a flagellum, Egyptian, 3000BC-300

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A87309

Materials:: stone, steatite ?

type:: figure - representation and phallus

credit:: Gayer-Anderson, R.G.

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Carved steatite(?) ithyphallic head

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