Oar from a funerary model
- Accession Number
- EC67
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Model, Model Boat, Part of boat, Oar
- Material
- Wood
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Length: 159mm
Licensing details
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- Description
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Wooden oar from a model boat. Shape suggests paddle or steering oar. There are the remains of a dowel hole at the broken end of shaft perpendicular to paddle plane. Wood desiccated and fragile, knot holes, and traces of gesso.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
