Headless limestone pair statue of man and woman
Limestone pair statuette, head of man (25-11-13) belongs with this statuette; man's flesh painted red, woman's flesh yellow, background black, two holes for pins to attach head in woman's neck, no corresponding holes in man's neck (head originally carved in one piece with body); head of woman missing.
Illustration: No
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_25-12-245
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_25-12-245; 25-12-245
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 12/17/1925
- Title
- Headless limestone pair statue of man and woman
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: base to top of man's head: 53.4 cm; rectangular support at back: 43 cm Width: greatest (breast-high): 32.4 cm; rectangular support at back: 22 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Pit G 6042 A, bottom stone in SW corner of kerb on top of pit built by ancient thieves to hold back mastaba filling
- Bibliography
- Weeks, Kent R. Mastabas of Cemetery G 6000. Giza Mastabas 5. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1994, pl. 55a.
- Remarks
- 25-11-13 (head) = MFA 27.1122a + 25-12-245 (statue) = MFA 27.1122b
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified