Object Details
- Collector
- Joseph Hirshhorn
- Donor Name
- Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
- PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. BRONZE STANDING FIGURE. IDENTIFIED BY DOROTHY KENT HILL AS REPRESENTING EGYPTIAN GOD OSIRIS WRAPPED AS A MUMMY, EYES INLAID IN SILVER AND GOLD.
- SEE SI ARCHIVES
- Standing, wrapped as a mummy, wearing broad bead collar tied at back; bearded; on head, atef, the crown of Upper Egypt flanked by ostrich feathers (broken at top). In hands, crook and flail. Eyes inlaid in silver and gold.
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Osiris votive statue, 664-30 B.C. As mummified King of the Netherworld, Osiris wears the atef, the crown of Upper Egypt flanked by ostrich feathers. He often has a black or green face to connect his rebirth with new plants sprouting after the annual Nile flood.
- Record Last Modified
- 10 May 2024
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI
- Accession Date
- 28 Aug 1992
- Collection Date
- 1966
- Accession Number
- 370312
- USNM Number
- A553061-0
- Object Type
- Statuette
- Height - Object
- 45 cm
- Width - Object
- 14 cm
- Place
- Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8503877
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d32f2353-1afd-4079-a6eb-e537e49e131f
