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Statuette fragment, perhaps: E.GA.514.1947

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Description

Small carved wooden arm with delineated muscles, and a clenched fist surrounding a hole, likely for holding a stick originally. At the shoulder, a dowel hole is present, alongside what was suggested as a metal joint but this is not immediately clear. The knuckle of the third digit is missing due to a chip in the wood. There also appears similar damage on the front of the arm, just below the shoulder blade. See statue of Tjetji (BM EA 29594) for a comparable example.

Carved wooden arm with clenched fist around a hole.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 0.8 cm
Length: 4.1 cm
Width: 0.9 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1947) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Materials used in production

Unclear. Metal
Wood

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.514.1947
Primary reference Number: 61705
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025 Last processed: Friday 18 July 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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