Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of a Striding Man in a Kilt
Description
Wood, paint, pinkish colored paste
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 statue of an ancient Egyptian male figure in a standing pose.
The artifact is a wooden statue depicting an Egyptian male figure, likely a servant or worker, with a short wig and a skirt. The figure's left arm is extended slightly forward. The statue features a lifelike, painted style, showcasing artistic techniques characteristic of the Middle Kingdom period. The surface shows remnants of paint, suggesting it may have once been brightly colored.
daily life
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
woodpaint
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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