Figure Of A Man
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: WOODEN FIGURE OF A MAN, WEARING SKIRT, BOTH ARMS BROKEN, MOUNTED ON WOODEN STAND. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan interprets: Very important piece. Ka statue. Several areas show finely detailed light engraving or relief. He wears a broad collar with a counterpoise down the back, this was originally gilded. He is wearing a royal kilt, though no uraeus.The bulbous wig-like headdress has recently been identified as possible antecedent to later helmet-like crown. Flecks of gilding that would have covered headdress, collar & necklace, kilt, and sandals.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Ka statue, c. 1500 B.C. Egyptians believed ka statues, which depicted the deceased, provided a place for the spirit to reside if the mummy was lost or destroyed.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
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: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553185-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 32 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 9 cm