Wooden Painted Ushabti
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Walter J. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Walter J. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: 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.
label: Notes
content: 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.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553329-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 23 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3.5 cm