The artist who created this statue first carved all parts separately, than put them together with wooden nails, covered the links with plaster, and painted the entire piece.
The male figure has short, plain hair and wears a long skirt. Both his hands are clenched a his sides. This piece is routine work.
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] [as 6th Dynasty, Assiout]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
2004-2005
Carved for Immortality. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.