Female Figurine (1975.0879)

A plaster replica reproducing a standing female figurine finely carved from lapis lazuli, dating to the Naqada III to the early First Dynasty (c. 3300–3000 BC). Painted deep blue to imitate the original lapis lazuli, the figure is shown nude with her arms crossed across the waist, stylised facial features with large inlaid-style eye sockets, short cropped hair, and an incised triangular pubic region. The replica retains a visible join at the neck where the original broken head and torso were reunited, and plaster losses on the reverse and base reveal the underlying white cast material, supported by a metal mounting pin embedded at the feet.