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Egyptian (Artist)
ca. 2050 BCE (First Intermediate Period)
wood with gypsum and white, black, and red paint
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

This tomb figure was made from several pieces of wood. Parts of the statue were covered by a plaster layer made of gypsum (calcium sulfate) before it was painted.

Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.

Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Asyut]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2004-2005 Carved for Immortality. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.

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Examination examined for exhibition
6/29/2004 Treatment cleaned; loss compensation
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Egypt, Meir (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H with base: 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

22.21

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