Object Details
- Collector
- Walter J. Clark
- Donor Name
- Walter J. Clark
- BROWN, WOODEN POLYCHROMED USHABTI DEPICTS MUMMY FORM W/ ARMS RAISED & PLACED AGAINST CHEST, HANDS HOLDING CYLINDRICAL ITEMS. TOP SIDE COVERED W/ HORIZONTAL BANDS OF CARVED HIEROGLYPHS. FACE HAS CARVED BROWS, EYES, NOSE, & EARS. MOUTH PAINTED RED. UNDERSIDE OF MUMMY UNDECORATED. CRACKS AT BASE AND PAINT LAYERS PEELING OFF.
- Shabti, wood, carved, covered with gesso, remnants of paint, gilding; bottom perforated for mounting, possibly 13th dynasty, per Jenkins in 1972. Per Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan this is fake, not even real hieroglyphs.
- Record Last Modified
- 19 Jul 2017
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian
- Accession Date
- 15 Jul 1997
- Collection Date
- 1955 to 1956
- Accession Number
- 409928
- USNM Number
- A553329-0
- Object Type
- Figurine
- Length - Object
- 23 cm
- Width - Object
- 7 cm
- Height - Object
- 3.5 cm
- Place
- Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8504100
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e32f2f2a-8129-4a2b-a376-c4d2af00fc73
