Idol Manufacturing
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Prisse d'Avennes, from Histoire de l'art égyptien d'après les monuments… (Paris: Bertrand, 1878-1879), "Peinture : atelier de sculpteurs (XVIIIe. dynastie)". The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, New York Public Library. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47d9-68e5-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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