Wood figure of nude woman with elaborate headdress
Wood figure of nude woman wearing elaborate headdress of curls and crown (?), hands held tightly against sides of thighs; cracked and discolored, feet broken. [07-2-44]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.786
- Alternate IDs
- 11.786; MFAB_11.786
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
- Entry Date
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
- Title
- Wood figure of nude woman with elaborate headdress
- Medium
- Wood
- Dimensions
- 20.5 x 4.7 cm (8 1/16 x 1 7/8 in.); Legacy dimension: .205 H. .047 W.
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J1 = pillared hall 27 / near feet of mummy 52)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 260.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.