EGYPTIAN WOOD BA SCULPTURE
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EGYPTIAN WOOD BA SCULPTURE Small wood sculpture of a deceased individual's ""Ba"" undoubtedly recovered from an Egyptian tomb. The wood carving stands 4 1/8"" tall and has a human face with the body of a bird. Two openings are carved in the side of the figure which must once have held ""wings"". Very good condition. The 'Ba' is an aspect of a person that the Egyptians believed would live after the body died and it is sometimes depicted as a human-headed bird flying out of the tomb to join with the '""Ka"" (the vital spark or force) in the afterlife. Sold with an unrelated 2"" tall fragment of a fired clay statue of a woman wearing a head covering its origin unknown. Both pieces said by our consignor to have originated from a sale of some personal possessions of Theodore Roosevelt ca. 1950s. Very good.
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EGYPTIAN WOOD BA SCULPTURE
Estimate $400 - $500
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