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Limestone statuette, seated figure (cf. 36-5-29); wears short wig, [kilt] and pleated apron with belt and buckle and tie, body painted brown, collar and [kilt] white, apron yellow, hair and base black, seat red with two black dots to imitate red granite, name [GLYPHS] Inti (?) written in ink vertically on base beside right foot (not clear); broken in six pieces, but only fragment from left shin and left lower corner of base missing.
Illustration: Yes

Details

ID
HUMFA_36-5-32
Alternate IDs
36-5-32; HUMFA_36-5-32
Department
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification
Sculpture
Entry Date
05/16/1936, 05/17/1936
Title
Limestone seated statue of Inti (?)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
Height: 56 cm Width: 19 cm Length: base: 26 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Provenance
Pit G 2420 D, IV level (three main pieces found together, two fragments completing face and another completing left shoulder found next day lower down in pit)
Bibliography
Reisner, George A. "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 214 (April 1938), p. 27, fig. 1.
Notes
MFA 37.641 deaccessioned: to Sotheby Parke Bernet for December 1978 sale
Problems/Questions
MFA accession number verified

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