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| Keywords: South Arabian - Figure of a Female Worshiper - Walters 2149.jpg The variety of statuettes within the body of South Arabian sculpture is relatively small; most represent participants in rituals their arms extended probably in a votary gesture This figure has lost its hands and the inlays that once marked the pupils of the eyes; the head is reattached The sheath-like costume indicates that it depicts a woman century 2 BC - century 1 AD calcite-alabaster cm 34 12 11 accession number 21 49 76488 Sotheby's London between 1963 and 1971 Giraud and Carolyn Foster Baltimore between 1963 and 1971 by purchase Walters Art Museum Gift of Giraud and Carolyn Foster 2007 Faces of Ancient Arabia The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008 place of origin Arabian Peninsula Walters Art Museum license South Arabian art in the Walters Art Museum 2nd-century BC works 1st-century works 2nd-century BC art in the United States 1st-century BC art in the United States 1st-century art in the United States Art of Saudi Arabia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
