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Source Description
Ancient Egyptian men were generally represented in their tomb figures wearing a short or long kilt. Here, the deceased is shown holding a corner of the kilt with his right hand, a gesture that became popular during the late Old Kingdom. The statue is made of soft wood and has lost all of its paint.
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Document identity
localId
33608
label
Male Figure Standing
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
33608
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Male Figure Standing
description
Ancient Egyptian men were generally represented in their tomb figures wearing a short or long kilt. Here, the deceased is shown holding a corner of the kilt with his right hand, a gesture that became popular during the late Old Kingdom. The statue is made of soft wood and has lost all of its paint.
provenance
Said Bey Khashaba, Cairo Museum [date of acquisition unknown], by excavation; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 2250 BCE (Late Old Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statues
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H above base: 11 5/16 in. (28.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
6th Dynasty
med
wood
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2174
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
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