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| Keywords: Egyptian - Torso of Harpokrates - Walters 227 - Three Quarter.jpg The nude boy wearing a royal headdress with the uraeus represents the child god of kingship Harpokrates which means Horus the Child The figure was made from several pieces of wood and once had inlayed eyes and brows made of precious materials Originally it was part of a group showing him seated on the lap of his mother Isis The piece has a hole in the top of the figure's head There are dowel holes at the elbows and knees The arms and legs are missing and the upper arms and thighs are doweled on between 746 335 BC Late Period gilded wood cm 23 89 accession number 22 7 34810 Navare date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1929 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 Carved for Immortality The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2004-2005 place of origin Upper Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Harpocrates | ||||
