Spoon of a swimming girl


Accession Number
W765
Current Location
House of Life (first floor), Woodwork case
Object Types
Fakes and replicas, Fakes | Implements and utensils, Cosmetic and medical equipment and implements
Period
Modern
Material
Wood
Measurements
Length: 291mm | Height: 52mm | Width: 45mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

A modern replica of a spoon in the shape of a swimming girl. The type of wood and roughly executed design of this suggest that it is not a genuine ancient Egyptian piece.

Bibliography

Anonymous. 1996. The face of Egypt: Swansea Festival exhibition: 5 October 1996–5 January 1997. Swansea: Glynn Vivian Art Gallery. [Cat. 36] 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.