Limestone standing statue of Minnefer
Perfect limestone statue, standing figure of [GLYPHS] Minnefer; figure standing with left foot advanced, arms hanging down at sides, hands closed holding handkerchief (?), supported on back by slab of nearly same width as base with round top a little lower than head, wears short wig, [kilt] with pleated apron, belt with belt buckle and tie, body painted brown, [kilt] white, apron yellow, hair, back support, and base black, inscribed in three short horizontal lines on base in front of right foot (beside advanced left foot); even back of figure well-carved.
Illustration: Yes
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_36-5-40
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_36-5-40; 36-5-40
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Entry Date
- 05/18/1936
- Title
- Limestone standing statue of Minnefer
- Medium
- Limestone
- Dimensions
- Height: 55 cm Width: 12 cm Length: base: 23 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Mastaba G 2421, serdab, first statue from N in row along W wall facing E (four statues of Min-nefer standing in row in serdab along W wall, facing E, smallest on N, largest on S, all but smallest incomplete, missing parts never found)
- 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. 2.
- Notes
- MFA 37.637 deaccessioned: sold to Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, December 6, 1948
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified
