The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-23
THEFT on MUSEUM STATUE
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Tst~f nod FM1lss ~ a.sse wttn %
s's'ustts- VsIss psa 90 ss.sau
: ne METROPOLITAN Mns~in % Ar ba
been made The victim % . mystifyinl
robb.ry S0ms time 90 Wednesday a
wednesday nigh, of THE wesk . vahaabl'
/ Egyptian statn~tts uas stOlsu from N
case IN the mnssrn and be authoritieI
% the Diussum are whoIly a. . Ioas d
find The rohb-F or tell the TINA and msshos
oG his operatlO0s
The pOlios. to whom tho lOss % ID.
statueets vas promptly rspor,sd. wsra
inclined 20 tho opinion that somebody
with an insde kDowlsdGs 20 museum,
10 the guilty one. hut acting DiFectOI
Robinson said yesterday that any state
mens that am oas within the mn.sum
was In any wav eonnsctsd with the mat
tsv wa- wholly unwaFranssd "a may
bs pointed out that familiarity with
MUSEUMS and an inside knowledge Of
this particular mUssuID might readily
10 two wholly different things. and in
deed 10 10 tho opinion % ~ least one psrsoo
connected with the Metropolitan that
tho theft 20 the statuetts NAV - found
eventually to lie az tho door % some one
who 30 Ear fell In love with q that he felt
bound tn pos~~ss 10
~ this should prove true the th~et
would resemble that 20 the recent one
To- California. where q Millst painting was
cut from it, frame ia a museum and
iurn~d up IN the possession % young
art student Who explained tina, be- loved
II ~ much that he simply had TO have II.
The Stolen object IL q bronze statuette
10 the goddess Meth. II h 81 inches
tall and stood in q glass case by Itself
on a pedestal in gallery Is on the first
hOor. "a vas there Wednesday. IL
was missed n, En- Thursday morning.
before the opening % the museum Who
ever distracted the siataetts very care
fully removed il from i,a cass and a. care
fully restored the case To it, place on the
pedestal
This In itself adds interest to the theft.
for many ~ the cases ia the museum have
been equipped with a burglar DrOOnnE
device 80 delicatelV adjusted that IL the
case he broken an alarm 10 sounded
thRouEhou the building. the exits are
clo~ed aud no person under those CIR
cumsiances could leave the building
uisiii the alarm had 1r-n fsiiiy eApiaingd
The police Aay that the money value Of
the statustte aiveh 20 them was o.. 500;
its artistic value 10 very great II -
q very handsome staiuette. carefully
modelled. the gOdd-ss's figure boldly
outlined IN the single garment close
fitting which reaehs.- 70 Just above the
ankles The goddess stands erect with
the left foot slightly ahead Of the right.
the right arm 10 held straight down at
her Side while the left arm IL feHed and
extended forward a. though graspins
a stan Or some other object. or perhaps
for a han,lshsk-. &c Egyptian GOddess~s
shook hands. Zach hand 10 closed
The goddess wears a tail and broad
hsadsir-s- With a h.Eh vertical extension
a, the hack % il The features are full,
round and agreeable. the eve. are fixed
wide Open with an eKpressiOn u alert
gTac~ The surfars Of the statue il ia
remA -kAhlv kund condition. with
smooth Iustrous palma The figure
rests Dn "a square bss~. around which 10
an inscription ia hierOglyphics
1hos- Who AXE the museum BuiIs'ia
may Sa- a reproduction 81 the -tattIetts
Dn pcge IN - the numi,-r for D~r~mher.
lSs in cunn~Ction With an article there
IN soInr Of The Egyptian AcqIi-
sitIon- among which this was numbered
The descriptive article in telling ~ the
ai'I- of ths--e antiIuitIs-s said.
From the results Of th. excavation. car.
lsc on ih. last two years BY the Fgypttan
'Hp"JH ion ri the museum a. ri- PYRAMIDS
n i.l-Lt. aud also from other material A.
IuiTs'd IN" last wear by purchase ia Egypt
-~l""tion 81 objects has been plac.d on
.Vh ibition Ia The work ~ sI-svstIon,
'hWh has centred chiefly on the Pyramid
n AU~n"mhai ~" excavation Of the
has r"Sult~d IN the re-
ov~ry % much important material. ~
Iudinx the grant" altar Of IN. tempt. aud
"lt"f sculptures from the tempt" WALL
Other material from Ii-ht which - nov
h"Wn includes foundai ION dspO-t- from
b" tempe Of Nnien"mhat. rho head Of .
tatuetts Of Amenemhat III an Osrrtd. |
tatus of S~so-tTi- from the temple cause
ssy Of that king. aud pot'~ry. giay 20. /
~ ..lry aud other small obIsct- from tbs. |
CEMETERIES 81 I.isht
TN other sides the collie, ton has h.en |
dd~d To nv purchases and part icuIsT
mpha~i- has been laid on developing o,sr
representation Of sculpture several of
he examples nov acquired are important !
nj representative types. illustrative Of |
he chnractsrt~tics Os proportion and OF |
lyle during various periods Among them
o" gray granite -taru~tt~ Of prizes,
Z the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. q bronze
iatu~tts % the goddess Meth Of tho same
eTiOd tthr one there reproduced aud nov
lOl-ni and n sphinI Of Thotmsr III
The tweuty-sixth dynasty began in the
eventh century y. C.. WHEN Psammsti-
hus b~came the indep.Ddent lord OF
nited Egypt after the expulsion oG the
Issyrisn garri-Ons ana the reduction Of
b. vassal kings. lie was the founder oF
he dynasty. and after the restoration Of
eace and n revival of power and oT PROS
Gritty there was IN accompanying re-
ivnl Of art. 90 pronounced that Il has
cen written that the dynastic capital.
dis. rivalIed the great monuments OF
heb-s in the adoEnment Of the buildings
hitch were there erected.
II 10 20 this period that the stolen ssata-
tie Of the goddess Meth belongs This
Oddses. while mentioned IN some Of the