Model boat

Museum number:
5-11358
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011358
Description:
Model boat with figures; ca. 117 cm long; 29 cm high; 16.5 cm beam; papyrus raft design with anthropomorphic heads with beads (one missing) on bow and stern; decorated canopy over seated Horus; steersman; lookout; two sailors; three paddlers; two attendants; white deck; bands of green-grey, red, yellow on hull; red-sienna skin tones; white skirts; black hair and facial features; yellow shirts on attendants, and one has red cross-hatching on skirt. Paddlers seem to have been placed backward originally or possibly during later restoration.
Collection place:
Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Egypt, unspec.
Culture or time period:
Ancient Egyptian
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Models (representations)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Model boat, accession number 5-11358, described as Model boat with figures; ca. 117 cm long; 29 cm high; 16.5 cm beam; papyrus raft design with anthropomorphic heads with beads (one missing) on bow and stern; decorated canopy over seated Horus; steersman; lookout; two sailors; three paddlers; two attendants; white deck; bands of green-grey, red, yellow on hull; red-sienna skin tones; white skirts; black hair and facial features; yellow shirts on attendants, and one has red cross-hatching on skirt. Paddlers seem to have been placed backward originally or possibly during later restoration.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Model boat, accession number 5-11358, described as Model boat with figures; ca. 117 cm long; 29 cm high; 16.5 cm beam; papyrus raft design with anthropomorphic heads with beads (one missing) on bow and stern; decorated canopy over seated Horus; steersman; lookout; two sailors; three paddlers; two attendants; white deck; bands of green-grey, red, yellow on hull; red-sienna skin tones; white skirts; black hair and facial features; yellow shirts on attendants, and one has red cross-hatching on skirt. Paddlers seem to have been placed backward originally or possibly during later restoration.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Model boat, accession number 5-11358, described as Model boat with figures; ca. 117 cm long; 29 cm high; 16.5 cm beam; papyrus raft design with anthropomorphic heads with beads (one missing) on bow and stern; decorated canopy over seated Horus; steersman; lookout; two sailors; three paddlers; two attendants; white deck; bands of green-grey, red, yellow on hull; red-sienna skin tones; white skirts; black hair and facial features; yellow shirts on attendants, and one has red cross-hatching on skirt. Paddlers seem to have been placed backward originally or possibly during later restoration.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Model boat, accession number 5-11358, described as Model boat with figures; ca. 117 cm long; 29 cm high; 16.5 cm beam; papyrus raft design with anthropomorphic heads with beads (one missing) on bow and stern; decorated canopy over seated Horus; steersman; lookout; two sailors; three paddlers; two attendants; white deck; bands of green-grey, red, yellow on hull; red-sienna skin tones; white skirts; black hair and facial features; yellow shirts on attendants, and one has red cross-hatching on skirt. Paddlers seem to have been placed backward originally or possibly during later restoration.

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