A Tusk Figurine of a Man, Predynastic, Late Naqada l– Early Naqada II, ca. 3900–3500 B.C., From Egypt, Ivory (hippopotamus), organic material, h. 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in); w. 3 cm (13/16 in); d. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in), Tusk figures belong to a group of abbreviated figurines made in the Predynastic Period. Such figurines emphasize only facial features and sexuality, while eliminating or schematizing limbs. Tusk figurines exploit a natural form –the tusk of a hippo– creating a male figure that radiates sexuality
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Tusk Figurine, Man, Predynastic, Late Naqada l, Early II, ca, 3900–3500 B.C, Egypt, Ivory, hippopotamus, organic material, h, 22.4 cm, 8 13/16, w, 3, 13/16, d, 3.2, 1 1/4, figures, belong, group, abbreviated figurines, Predynastic Period, figurines emphasize, facial features, sexuality, eliminating, schematizing limbs, exploit, natural form, –, tusk, hippo– creating, male figure, radiates sexuality
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