Description:

Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 11th to 12th Dynasty, ca. 2030 to 1640 BCE. A hand-carved wooden forearm and left hand with a cut tenon at the end of the elbow forming a joint attachment. The hand is curled into a fist with a pierced center for gripping a scepter or tool and is naturalistically rendered with delineated fingernails and remains of black pigments. This arm would perhaps have been part of a pharaoh, shrine, or funerary figure. Size: 2.65" L x 0.75" W (6.7 cm x 1.9 cm)

To see how the full arm may have attached to figure please see the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website, accession number: 14.3.17.

Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt from 1894 to 1896

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  • Condition: Arm and tenon are intact with only surface abrasions and minor nicks. Remains of black pigments on arm and great patina.

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