Tomb boat with attendants

Artist Unknown

DateNo Date

MediumWood

DimensionsOverall: 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm)

ClassificationsEgyptian

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number79.255

Terms

Funerals
Ritual
Tan
Blue
Red
White
Black

Collections

Ancient Mediterranean Art

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DescriptionBoat with a ram head at the prow, and an obscure figure at the stern (with two large white circles on a black head with a trumk-like "nose"). It has one mast, painted in white with three red rings, at the base, in the middle and at the top, right under the head of a wigged hawk. In the back of the boat is a palanquin made of four columns (with red bases and capitals) and a roof, above a lying mummy. Two oars are set on the side.; On board are four men and a mummy. The first character is standing at the prow, stretching his right arm and index forward, his other arm hanging along his body. Behind him are two kneeling figures, in front of a cylinder with a handle that roughly looks like a big mace (?). A last man is kneeling between the mummy and the stern. They are all wearing white loin-clothes and short black hair. All the arms of the human characters are removable, except the left arm of the first man at the prow.; The mummy is lying on a bed under the palanquin. It is an anthropoid coffin with long hair and a red face, a broad collar and red lines on its body.; The whole object is made of 15 pieces.;