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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Arm from a Coffin
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Arm from a Coffin

Possible OriginEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodNew Kingdom, Dynasty 20
Date1190-1077 BCE
MediumWood, pigment
Credit LineGift of Yvonne Markowitz
Dimensions14 9/16 in. (37 cm)
Object number2013.046.002
Label TextDuring the later Ramesside Period some uniquely styled coffins depicted the deceased not as a mummy, but in everyday costume. These were more often depicted under the lid on a wooden body cover placed over the mummy.

This arm would have belonged to a cover made for a woman and shows an elegant hand with rings of varying materials on each finger and a polychrome beaded bracelet. It was made separately and would have been attached to a large board carved and painted to simulate a pleated linen dress.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 47.

ProvenanceEx coll. Yvonne Markowitz, United States.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art