Statue

Museum number:
6-19766
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 1213 (213), Cemetery 1200, Giza Necropolis
Verbatim coll. place:
Gizeh; C 1000 T 213 [Giza, G 1213 in serdab]
Culture or time period:
3rd Dynasty of Egypt (2686–2125 BC), 4th Dynasty of Egypt (2613–2494 BC), 5th Dynasty of Egypt (2494–2345 BC), 6th Dynasty of Egypt (2345–2181 BC), and 7th & 8th Dynasties of Egypt (2181–2160 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903-1904
Materials:
Limestone
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Statues
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
height 18.3 centimeters, width 12.2 centimeters, and length 34.6 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1973-1974 #46: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (February 25, 1974–June 24, 1974), S1975-1976 #1: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (July 8, 1975–November 11, 1975), S1975-1976 #56: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 17, 1976–February 9, 1979), S1979-1980 #54: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (March 31, 1980–December 18, 1981), S1982-1983 #24: Bellevue Art Museum (January 19, 1983–August 5, 1983), S1989-1990 #17: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (March 13, 1990–May 13, 1990), S1996-1997 #7: Cincinnati Art Museum (September 16, 1996–May 30, 1997), and S1998-1999 #8: Reunion des Musees Nationaux (March 22, 1999–May 26, 2000)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 2 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 3 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 4 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 5 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 6 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 7 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 8 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 9 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 10 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 11 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.Hearst Museum object 12 of 12 titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Statue, accession number 6-19766, described as Servant statue of a woman grinding or milling grain. She has an active pose, leaning forward to grind grain on a stone while resting on her knees and toes. The negative space around her limbs has been removed. Little paint remains. She wears a bag or wig with lappet at the back and a short sheath dress.

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