A WAX MUMMIFORM FUNERARY STATUETTE, with gold foil covering the face, traces of the figure wearing a tripartite wig, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII (1991-1783 B.C.)

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A WAX MUMMIFORM FUNERARY STATUETTE, with gold foil covering the face, traces of the figure wearing a tripartite wig, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty XII (1991-1783 B.C.)
4 7/8in. (12.5cm.) high

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Wax was used for magical purposes. Wax figures were found in the tomb of Queen Nefru, Middle Kingdom, at Deir el Bahri, cf. W. C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1953, p. 327

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