Doll, paddle

Description

Fertility figurine (known as a Paddle doll) consisting of a flat, painted wooden body with the body with a separate string of mud beads intermixed with folded straw (imitating gold ornaments) beads suspeneed at the top as a representation of hair: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, early Middle Kingdom, c.2125 - 1795 BC

Museum reference

A.1911.284

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Doll, paddle

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Style / Culture

Middle Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood, Mud, Straw, String, Faience

Physical description

Wood; painted with designs representing textiles with a seperate string of mud beads intermixed with folded straw (imitating gold ornaments) beads which attaches to the top of the doll as a respresentation of hair.

Collection place(s)

Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Previous owner: Hilton Price Collection
Collector: Hilton Price, Frederick George, 1842 - 1909

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Egyptian Gallery, 2003 - 2008 (2003 - 2008)
  Royal Scottish Museum

• Ancient Egypt (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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