An Egyptian Wood Figure of a Woman, 12th Dynasty, 1938-1759 B.C.

standing on a rectangular base with her right arm held along the side and her now missing left forearm extended, her tripartite wig painted in black.

Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo
estate of Maurice Nahman (Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Antiquités égyptiennes, grecques et romaines. Succession de Mr. Maurice Nahman, June 5th, 1953, no. 45)
French private collection, acquired in the above sale

Arms made separately, proper left forearm missing as shown, tip of nose chipped, front of wig abraded, remains of black paint or bitumen on wig, base and feet are painted over, maybe in modern times, and vertical hairline cracks across middle of feet suggest that figure was made separately from the base and tenoned into it.
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An old label on the base reads " No. 84."