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accession number:	1991.107
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Statuette of a Serving Girl, c. 1323–1186 BC. Egypt, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (1540-1296 BC) to Dynasty 19 (1295-1186 BC). Terracotta, originally painted; overall: 38.4 x 9.2 cm (15 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1991.107

title:				Statuette of a Serving Girl
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creation date:			c. 1323–1186 BC
creation date earliest:		-1323
creation date latest:		-1186
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Egypt, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (1540-1296 BC) to Dynasty 19 (1295-1186 BC)
technique:	terracotta, originally painted
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - New Kingdom
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 38.4 x 9.2 cm (15 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven:  Women in Ancient Egypt

	opening date:   1996-10-19T00:00:00
	<i>Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven:  Women in Ancient Egypt
</i>. The Cincinnati Art Museum (organizer) (October 19, 1996-January 15, 1997); The Brooklyn Museum (February 20-May 18, 1997).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, 28 January-15 March 1992, Selected 1991 Acquisitions, cat.: CMA Bulletin 79, no. 2 (February 1992), no. 3, illus. p. 66;

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Michael Ward, Inc., New York
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fun fact:
This statuette of a serving girl was likely intended to accompany the deceased in the afterlife.

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wall description:
This statuette of a young serving girl carrying a jar belongs to a select group of hand-modeled figurines usually dated to Dynasties 18 and 19. According to the conventions of Egyptian art, the girl's nudity and the sidelock of hair indicate her young age. No more than a dozen of these statuettes are known. Their distinctive features--slit-like eyes, exaggerated hips, triangular delineation of the legs, and finger-depression of the navel--suggest that all were made in the same workshop. Although their exact function remains unknown, it has been suggested that they magically served the deceased as an object in the tomb.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. "Selected 1991 Acquisitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 79, no. 2 (1992): 63-83.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 66; Mentioned: p. 76
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161350

	Capel, Anne K., and Glenn Markoe, eds. <em>Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt</em>. New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1996
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 93
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 247-248; Mentioned: P. 247-248
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