Wooden figure


Accession Number
W766
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Drawers beneath senet board, Drawer 3
Object Types
Fakes and replicas, Fakes | Implements and utensils, Cosmetic and medical equipment and implements, Spoon
Material
Wood
Measurements
Height: 55mm | Width: 52mm | Length: 306mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

A swimming figure in the shape of a spoon. The type of wood and roughly executed design suggests that this is probably a fake.

Bibliography

Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 38]. Freed, R. E. In 'Egypt's Golden Age. The Art of Living In The New Kingdom' 1982. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 205-207 for other swimming girls.