Collection
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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Front Part of Left Foot

2500–332 B.C.E.

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Object Label

This small foot attached to the leg of a standing statue by means of the well-preserved tenon seen in the middle of the foot. The peg visible on top of the foot secured it to the independently carved base.

Caption

Front Part of Left Foot, 2500–332 B.C.E.. Wood (sycamore fig), 13/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (2 x 2.7 x 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.459. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Front Part of Left Foot

Date

2500–332 B.C.E.

Period

Old Kingdom or later

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Wood (sycamore fig)

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

13/16 x 1 1/16 x 1 7/8 in. (2 x 2.7 x 4.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.580.459

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