Model Boat
Culture: Egyptian
Dynasty: Dynasty 11-12
Date: ca. 2055-1773 B.C.
Medium: Painted wood
Dimensions:
height: 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm)
width: 31 1/2 in. (80 cm)
Credit Line: Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number: 86.138.663
Provenance: By purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
Label Text
Ancient Egyptian tombs often contained representations of the activities that comprised the daily life of a country estate. The inclusion of such representations in a tomb setting was meant to ensure the repetition of these activities in the afterlife for the benefit of the deceased owner. During the Old Kingdom, scenes drawn from daily life were usually rendered in relief sculpture. During the succeeding First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom, however, three-dimensional wooden models of people at their tasks were often made. This particular model was reconstructed in modern times from parts of several different models. (Gallery Label, 8/2002).
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