Unglazed moulded terracotta fertility figure with traces of engobe
- Made:
- 500-400
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Unglazed moulded terracotta fertility figure with traces of engobe, representing squatting female in act of parturition(?), perforated for suspension, Graeco-Roman(?), from Egypt(?), 500BC-400
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A87345
- Materials:
- terracotta, unglazed
- type:
- votive female figure
- credit:
- Gayer-Anderson, R.G.
