Fustat / Figurine fragment / Bone (Unidentified)
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 1969.02.0094
- Object Name
- Figurine fragment
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Figurines
- Materials
- Bone (Unidentified)
- Weight
- 27.9g
- Pierced
- no
- Inscribed
- no
- Full Artifact Description
- Figurine. Only the head of this small statuette remains. The ears are pierced, and these holes may have enabled the affixing of a miniature wig or earrings. The purpose of this figurine remains unclear; it may have functioned as an amulet or as a child's toy. Bone (Pearls of Wisdom, Gruber; Dimmig).
- Earliest Date
- 800
- Latest Date
- 999
- Verbatim Date
- 9th - 10th C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Fustat
- Production Site
- site
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan (exhibit)
- Exhibition Curator
- Gruber, Christiane
- Publication Title
- Pearls of Wisdom: The Arts of Islam at the University of Michigan
- Publication Author
- Gruber, Christiane; Dimmig, Ashley
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Class Title
- Working With Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, And Coins
- Working with Objects: Islamic Textiles, Metalwork, Ceramics, Glass, and Manuscripts (W2020)
- Class Instructor
- Gruber, Christiane
- Class Department
- History of Art
- HISTART
- Class Number
- 490
- 490.001
- Class Year
- 2013
- 2020
- Class Semester
- Fall
- Winter
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 1969.02.0094
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0094/dsc_3409.jpg
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"Fustat; Figurine fragment; Bone (Unidentified)". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1969.02.0094/dsc_3409.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 05, 2023.