Historical information

This item is part of the Dodgson Collection, which was bequeathed to Queen's College in 1892 by the Rev. James Dodgson. The collection was created by Aquila Dodgson, brother of James. Aquila Dodgson was a friend of the English Egyptologist Flinders Petrie, and it was through this friendship the Aquila was able to acquire ancient Egyptian artefacts. A detailed study of the collection was made by Christine Elias "Discovering Egypt: Egyptian Antiquities at the University of Melbourne", M.A. thesis 2010.

Physical description

Upper half, feet and band running down front of figure is yellow outlined in red. Face, wig and hieroglyphs on front in black, crossed arms holding implements in red. On back across shoulders representation of a basket and outline of arms in red. Yellow on upper half and on feet on back of figure. Small paper label inscribed with 'A9' attached to back.