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Statuette of a Soldier | musefully
Egyptian. Statuette of a Soldier, ca. 1390-1353 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, Height: 8 3/8 in. (21.2 cm). Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 57.64. Creative Commons-BY.
The stylistic elements of this figure— soft body, round face, and large eyes— were inspired by similar sculptures of Amunhotep III. The subject was likely a military man: only soldiers wore this type of kilt. The style of the wig—introduced into Egypt by Nubian mercenaries earlier in the Eighteenth Dynasty—eventually became a favored hairstyle of Amunhotep’s daughter-in-law, Queen Nefertiti.