Solid faience figure

Made:
500-400
Solid faience figure

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Solid faience figure, squatting hermaphroditic figure with huge phallus supported on shoulders, probably from Egypt, 500BC-400BC

Details

Category:
Classical & Medieval Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A87327
Materials:
faience
Measurements:
height 67 mm
width 35 mm
depth 22 mm
type:
statue and phallus
credit:
Gayer-Anderson, R.G.