<em>Footcase From an Anthropoid Coffin</em>, ca. 1292-1075 B.C.E. Wood, pigment, 3 7/16 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (8.8 x 23.5 x 23.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2044E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2044E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Footcase From an Anthropoid Coffin, ca. 1292-1075 B.C.E. Wood, pigment, 3 7/16 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (8.8 x 23.5 x 23.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2044E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2044E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

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Were toes really this long?

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Footcase From an Anthropoid Coffin

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Funerary Gallery 2, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

MEDIUM Wood, pigment

DATES ca. 1292-1075 B.C.E.

DYNASTY Dynasty 19 to Dynasty 20

PERIOD New Kingdom

DIMENSIONS 3 7/16 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (8.8 x 23.5 x 23.0 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.2044E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Funerary Gallery 2, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Footcase From an Anthropoid Coffin, ca. 1292-1075 B.C.E. Wood, pigment, 3 7/16 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/16 in. (8.8 x 23.5 x 23.0 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2044E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2044E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

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