Statuette of a Striding Man
Description
Object Label: These three statues, from three different periods, were all carved from limestone. This kind of stone occurs in different grades from soft to hard. The harder the limestone, the more difficult to carve and the more skilled the sculptor must be. Soft limestone reveals less detail. Though nearly all ancient Egyptian statues were painted, the paint on the statuette hides the lower-grade stone used here. All three statues would have been used in the tomb as a place for the ka-soul to reside and accept food offerings for the deceased from the living. Caption: Statuette of a Striding Man, ca. 2288–2170 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 6 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 3 1/8 in. (17.1 × 4.8 × 7.9 cm) mount: 6 3/4 × 1 7/8 × 3 1/8 in. (17.1 × 4.8 × 7.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.238. (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 wooden statuette of an Egyptian servant figure.
The artifact is a wooden statuette depicting an ancient Egyptian servant figure. The figure stands upright with arms by the sides, wearing a short kilt. The hands are sculpted with minimal detail, and the face has pronounced features including large eyes and a simple headdress. The paint on the statuette, primarily red and white, is faded but still visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.238 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3162 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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