Foot from a Coffin
Egyptian, Thebes, Egypt, Africa
Ramesside (1295-1070 BCE)
Soft wood; traces of red, green, and white paint, some possibly secondary
Overall: 6 11/16 × 2 9/16 × 1 3/4 in. (17 × 6.5 × 4.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Gift of the Estate of Harold Goddard Rugg, Class of 1906
157.25.13957
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Funerary Equipment
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Inscription
Collector’s label: "Foot of mummy case. From Tombs Near Thebes, Egypt; Feby 27 ‘67"
Course History
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
REL 55, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Susan Ackerman, Spring 2015
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
ANTH 12.5, Death and the Afterlife in the Ancient Near East and Egypt, Virginia Herrmann, Winter 2014
Exhibition History
Egyptian Antiquities at Dartmouth, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 12, 2011-August 13, 2012.
Provenance
"Tombs near Thebes, Egypt, February 27, 1867"; acquired by Harold Goddard Rugg (1883-1957, Class of 1906), Hanover, New Hampshire, date unknown; given by his Estate to present collection, 1957.
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