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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.220
Title
Swimming Girl (part of a cosmetic spoon)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1567-1320 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/291222

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood
Dimensions
H. 4.8 x L. 17.2 x D. 3.6 cm (1 7/8 x 6 3/4 x 1 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Rutherston collection. Lord Grenfell collection. Norbert Schimmel collection, Great Neck, NY, (by 1960), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The New Hermes Foundation
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.220
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 17, no. 75, ill. p. 23.

Exhibition History

  • Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/20/2024 - 05/05/2024; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2024 - 01/05/2025

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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