Left Foot from an Anthropoid Coffin
Description
Object Label: The pliability of wood allows for more detailed and naturalistic carving than stone. Because of the scarcity and cost of the material in ancient Egypt, the feet and arms of wooden statues or anthropoid (i.e., human-shaped) coffins were often made separately. The fact that this life-size painted foot extends as far as the heel suggests that it was originally part of a coffin rather than a statue. Although independently modeled feet on anthropoid coffins appeared as early as the late New Kingdom, the sandals and red outline of toenails on this foot are more typical of the Greco-Roman period. Caption: Left Foot from an Anthropoid Coffin, 30 B.C.–2nd century C.E.. Wood, gesso, pigment, 2 1/16 x 3 1/5 x 6 5/8 in. (5.2 x 7.7 x 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2041.1E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A fragment of an ancient Egyptian statue's foot.
This artifact is a fragmentary depiction of a foot from an ancient Egyptian statue. It is crafted from what appears to be wood, with traces of yellow and red pigment visible. The foot shows some wear and damage, indicative of its age and incomplete preservation.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.2041.1E tier-2
- BKM-Object 185791 tier-2
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