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| Keywords: Egyptian - Woman Carrying a Sunshade - Walters 22325.jpg Nefru was the only woman to bear the title Great Royal Wife to King Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II This delicate relief fragment comes from the chapel of her tomb It shows the head shoulders and hand of a woman attending Queen Nefru The staff that crosses her body supported a sunshade part of which appears in back of her head The sunshade bearer was part of a line of at least ten women and one man The large ear and elongated eye are characteristic of the work of the sculptors who decorated the tomb ca 2040 BC Middle Kingdom carved limestone traces of paint cm 12 5 15 2 5 accession number 22 325 38856 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Deir el-Bahri present-day Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Ancient Egyptian art from Deir el-Bahari | ||||
