Model Type | |
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female statue | |
Description | |
Breasted: 4. Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 04.1777 (Pl. 87a, 87b). Eleventh dynasty. Wood. Nude standing statuette of the woman Idu. She has a long headdress falling below shoulders in front and back. She wears bracelets, necklaces, anklets and sandals but is otherwise nude. Her eyes are inlaid, consisting of pieces of quartz, white sclerotic, and black edges and pupils. Colours: small area near temples and necklace, green; headdress, nipples, navel, tips of finger nails, sandal straps, black; bracelets and anklets, red and blue; sides of base, red. From Asyut, hall of family tomb No. 6, excavations of Chassinat. Height: 47.5 cm. Purchased. Chassinat, op. cit., Pl. II, 1 text, pp. 4-5. Base inscribed. | |
Site | |
Asyut | |
Tomb | |
No. 6 | |
Burial | |
Unknown | |
Museum | |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | |
Accession number | |
04.1777 | |
Breasted Classification | |
VII-1-4 CONCUBINES AND OTHER GROUPS OF RETAINERS - Concubines. - Nude female figures with legs together and arms at sides. | |
Material | |
wood | |
Dimensions | |
Height 47.5 cm | |
References (Bibliography) | |
BreastedJnr-1948 , VII-1-4 4, Pl. 87a, 87b | |
Chassinat-etal-1911 , Pl. II, 1 text, pp. 4-5 | |
Museum Online Record Card | |
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/statuette-of-a-woman-130763
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Links to Images and Other Refs | |
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