Object Details
- Donor Name
- Hon. Hoffman Philip
- From card: "Nude; seated on low stool. Purchased as "dating from the IV or Vth Dynasty but it seems probable that it may be an imitation. New Kingdom. There are other wooden statuettes of thin men rather like this in Brussels (E 1195) and Berlin (22754), both probably New Kingdom. The principal difference between these and the SI's is that they hold a bowl. SI's probably Ramesside (Dyn. 19). I suggest that it be labeled "Late New Kingdom ..." Henry Fischer, Metro. Mus. of Art, 1/20/64. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Wooden Figure, seated male nude, represents starvation, carved, Egyptian, Thebes, 19th Dynasty?
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Starving man statue, 1298-1064 B.C. No one is sure what this statue of a starving man stands for, but perhaps it was meant to ward off hunger in the tomb. Egyptians viewed hunger as a source of cosmic and societal imbalance.
- Record Last Modified
- 12 Mar 2018
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 15 Jun 1940
- Accession Number
- 156677
- USNM Number
- A382102-0
- Object Type
- Figurine
- Place
- Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8126284
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32174f0f5-b16d-45a3-8977-a11ad98ae1cf
