1. Female Figurine with Raised Arms 

This female figurine likely represents an early form of Hathor or Bat, a cow-headed deity associated with fertility, dance, and music. It was found in a grave in Upper Egypt, along with a very similar figurine and the small bowl in this display. The hands are missing, but its better surviving twin shows that the hands were modeled in detail, drawing attention to her horn-like arms and dance-like stance. This figurine form finds many parallels depicted on Predynastic vessels and tomb wall-paintings. Yet figurines with abstract heads, pronounced hips, and stylized conical bodies are known from Neolithic tombs in Nubia (e.g. Kadruka near Kerma and Kadada near Khartoum) and Badarian Egypt. Figurines with abstract heads and conical lower bodies have also been found in A-Group contexts at Dakka, Sayala and other sites in Nubia. Scan the brown QR code below to similar pictures of these figurines.