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Moulded red clay, constructed as a plaque, female figurine with headdress, necklace and baby on her back.

Fragment of statuette.

Fragment of statuette; traces of red pigment on headdress.

Fragment of statuette.

Figure of Thoth

Wooden figure painted red, black and green. Male, wearing handkerchief around head, green cloak/blanket over one shoulder and right hand resting on a walking stick. The style of dress and face-paint is typical and is good evidence for the appearance…

Figure of a ram in brown glazed ware, ring for suspension. Reid (1912): 'The ram was sacred to Khnemu, god of Elephantine, and to Amen, god of Thebes. It was also worshipped at Mendes.'

Figure of a jackal, in wood, originally painted black. Had been placed on coffin in tomb. Thebes.

Ornately carved wooden figure from Bali with opening by right hand to hold a kris (sword). Thomson's MS Catalogue: 'Idol from Island of Bali. Such a figure is placed by the bed side of each Rajah at night and he places his kris in the oval hole…

Ibeji, female statuette, standing. If a twin dies the death is marked by the commissioning of a carved wooden figurine from a sculptor. Known as an 'ibeji', the figurine is of the same sex as the dead twin and is treated by the mother with all the…