Object Details
Donor Name
Hon. Hoffman Philip
Notes
From card: "Nude; seated on low stool. Purchased as "dating from the IV or Vth Dynasty but it seems probable that it may be an imitation. New Kingdom. There are other wooden statuettes of thin men rather like this in Brussels (E 1195) and Berlin (22754), both probably New Kingdom. The principal difference between these and the SI's is that they hold a bowl. SI's probably Ramesside (Dyn. 19). I suggest that it be labeled "Late New Kingdom ..." Henry Fischer, Metro. Mus. of Art, 1/20/64. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Wooden Figure, seated male nude, represents starvation, carved, Egyptian, Thebes, 19th Dynasty?
From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Starving man statue, 1298-1064 B.C. No one is sure what this statue of a starving man stands for, but perhaps it was meant to ward off hunger in the tomb. Egyptians viewed hunger as a source of cosmic and societal imbalance.
Record Last Modified
12 Mar 2018
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Ancient Egyptian
Accession Date
15 Jun 1940
Accession Number
156677
USNM Number
A382102-0
Object Type
Figurine
Place
Egypt, Africa
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8126284