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.