Coptic Doll

Egypt, African

Ptolemaic period (332-30 BC), About 250 BC

  • Titles Coptic Doll (Descriptive)
  • Medium bone
  • Credit Line Gift of Dr. Willi Riese (through Carlebach Galleries, NYC), 1959.49
  • Object Name doll
  • Classification Sculpture

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