Carving Of Man-Wood
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jun 1940
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hon. Hoffman Philip
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Nude; seated on low stool. Purchased as "dating from the IV or Vth Dynasty but it seems probable that it may be an imitation. New Kingdom. There are other wooden statuettes of thin men rather like this in Brussels (E 1195) and Berlin (22754), both probably New Kingdom. The principal difference between these and the SI's is that they hold a bowl. SI's probably Ramesside (Dyn. 19). I suggest that it be labeled "Late New Kingdom ..." Henry Fischer, Metro. Mus. of Art, 1/20/64. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Wooden Figure, seated male nude, represents starvation, carved, Egyptian, Thebes, 19th Dynasty?
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Starving man statue, 1298-1064 B.C. No one is sure what this statue of a starving man stands for, but perhaps it was meant to ward off hunger in the tomb. Egyptians viewed hunger as a source of cosmic and societal imbalance.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Mar 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 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: 156677
label: USNM Number
content: A382102-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine