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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.136
Title
Statuette of a Striding Man
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
probably reign of Pepi II, c. 2246-2152 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Asyut (Egypt)
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292642

Location

Location
Level 3, Room 3740, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Ancient Egypt: Art for Eternity
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wood, traces of paint
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
35 x 8.5 x 8.5 cm (13 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dikran Kelekian collection, New York, NY, (by 1914-1951), by inheritance; to Charles Dikran Kelekian, New York, NY, (1951-1982), by inheritance; to Nanette Rodney Kelekian, New York, NY, (1982-1996), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1996.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Nanette Rodney Kelekian
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.136
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)
  • Séan Hemingway, "The Minoan Bronze Votive Statuette of a Woman at the Harvard Art Museum", Teaching with Objects: The Curatorial Legacy of David Gordon Mitten, ed. Amy Brauer, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2010), pp. 134-147, Fig. 3

Exhibition History

  • Re-View: S422 Ancient & Byzantine Art & Numismatics, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 04/12/2008 - 06/18/2011
  • 32Q: 3740 Egyptian, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050

Subjects and Contexts

  • Google Art Project

Verification Level

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