Male Figure Standing
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This sculpture is carved in the round and painted. It depicts a nude male with black hair and black and white painted eyes. His arms are joined at the shoulders; both hands are closed at his sides. His feet are made separately, in one with the base. There is black paint on top of the base, and red on the edges. The base does not belong to this piece.
Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as Assiout]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
---|---|---|
6/2/1981 | Examination | examined for condition |
1/22/2001 | Examination | other |
Geographies
Egypt, Asyut (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H with base: 8 13/16 in. (22.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.235