Paddle Doll

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This “paddle doll” was found in Tomb MMA 813. Like most examples of this type, the figure has a keyhole shaped body and rudimentary left arm; the right arm is missing. Most of the torso is decorated with a diamond patterned garment, which ends above a large pubic triangle. Braces painted on the doll’s back may be meant to hold the garment in place and there is a necklace painted around the neck. On the head, there was likely once “hair” made of mud beads, a few of which were found loose with the doll. For more on paddle dolls, see 15.10.90 & 31.3.35a, b.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art