ECM.218-2010
Parts
Object number
ECM.218-2010
Object type
Identification
Title
Ancient Egyptian wooden oarsman model
Description
A painted wood oarsman from the Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty. The surface has been coated with gesso, a paint-like primer mixture of binder, chalk, and pigmen
Other number
6
670
670
Description
Dimensions
Height: 23.2cm
Width: 9.7cm
Width: 9.7cm
Material
Wood
Physical description
Squatting figure, flesh painted red, wearing short black wig and white kilt, arms stretched out before to grasp an oar (now missing)
History and association
Associated person
Myers, William Joseph, 1858 - 1899 (Compiler)
Object history note
Exhibited at the Roemer-und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany, "Meisterwerke agyptischer kunst schatze aus dem Myers Museum an Eton College", April 2004 - January 2005
Field collection
Collection place
Egypt
