Object Details
- Collector
- Joseph Hirshhorn
- Donor Name
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- WOODEN FIGURE OF A MAN, WEARING SKIRT, BOTH ARMS BROKEN, MOUNTED ON WOODEN STAND. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
- Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan interprets: Very important piece. Ka statue. Several areas show finely detailed light engraving or relief. He wears a broad collar with a counterpoise down the back, this was originally gilded. He is wearing a royal kilt, though no uraeus.The bulbous wig-like headdress has recently been identified as possible antecedent to later helmet-like crown. Flecks of gilding that would have covered headdress, collar & necklace, kilt, and sandals.
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Ka statue, c. 1500 B.C. Egyptians believed ka statues, which depicted the deceased, provided a place for the spirit to reside if the mummy was lost or destroyed.
- Record Last Modified
- 12 Jul 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 28 Aug 1992
- Accession Number
- 370312
- USNM Number
- A553185-0
- Object Type
- Figurine
- Length - Object
- 32 cm
- Width - Object
- 9 cm
- Depth - Object
- 9 cm
- Place
- Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8504001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35c0353f8-7263-4ca1-9338-a00c0234b398
