Figure Item Number: M3.202 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure depicting a mummy with arms crossed and a sceptre in each hand. The figure is painted with black hair, facial features in black and reddish-brown, a band of reddish-brown on each upper arm, and a column of hieroglyphs painted down the front. An area of low-relief rectangles in grid form is outlined in reddish-brown paint with a reddish-brown line extending above and below it on the figure's back to its right side.
Cultural Context
Placed with deceased as a servant.
Narrative
The van Haersolte Collection
Item History
- Made in Egypt
- Collected during 1890
- Owned by Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Owned by Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn before April 26, 1956
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller) on April 26, 1956
What
Who
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Previous Owner
- Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn, Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Egypt
When
- Collection Date
- during 1890
- Ownership Date
- before April 26, 1956
- Acquisition Date
- on April 26, 1956
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics; carvings & sculpture
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 101
- Accession Number
- 2308/0177