Canaanite Terracotta Votive, Columnar Figure, Woman of the Temple, c. 2nd Millennium B.C.

(Votive Idol)

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Item No.
34.37425
Culture
Near East, c. 2nd Millennium B.C. 
Item Details.
Columnar type with fine moulded facial features, hands pressed together holding a tambourine. Such priestesses would play the drum or tambourine in the streets or outside temples inviting worshippers to the temple.

Provenance: From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

Display stand included

Size
15.3 cm H - 6 inches
Material
Terracotta 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Near East
Price.
US$ 700
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