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Seated Statue of Nehy
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
Depicted much as she would have appeared in life, the Chantress Nehy sits on a chair and holds in her left hand the symbol of her profession, a sistrum or rattle used in the worship of the goddess Hathor. Judging from her fine clothing and elegant hairstyle, as well as the scale and quality of her statue, we may assume that Nehy was able to afford a fine burial to ensure her place in the afterlife. Most likely this statue, one of two known, graced a tomb at Saqqara, the ancient necropolis of Memphis.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Château des Aygalades, near Marseilles; Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1917, by purchase [from an unnamed Marseilles dealer]; Henri Daguerre and Joseph Brummer, between 1917 and 1921, by joint purchase; [Judge Samuel Untermeyer, New York, 1922, by purchase]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, Brummer inv. no. X94, sold to Walters 14 May 1924 [as "belonging to Daguerre"]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1924, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
-Updated Oct. 2018.
Exhibitions
| 1996-1997 | Mistress of House Mistress of Heaven: Women in Ancient Egypt. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 7/13/1967 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 6/24/1971 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 3/3/1972 | Treatment | repaired |
| 3/3/1972 | Treatment | loss compensation |
| 8/8/1989 | Treatment | loss compensation |
| 4/17/1995 | Loan Consideration | examined for loan |
| 7/15/1996 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 3/17/1997 | Examination | survey |
Geographies
Egypt, Saqqara
(Place of Origin)
Egypt (Kid-Friendly)
Measurements
H: 51 15/16 x W: 17 3/4 x D: 34 9/16 in. (132 x 45.1 x 87.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1924
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.106