Artist unknown / Model Boat with Figures / 2133 B.C.

Artist unknown
Model Boat with Figures
2133 B.C. - 1786 B.C.
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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Name-CRT: Artist unknown
Title: Model Boat with Figures
View: Side
Creation Start Date: -213
Creation End Date: -178
Creation Date: 2133 B.C. - 1786 B.C.
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: polychromed wood
Dimensions: H.27 x W.37-1/2 x D.6 in.
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 16.496
Credit Line: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

This boat, manned by eighteen oarsmen and equipped with a mast and a mount for the steering oar, is of the type commonly placed in the tomb of a deceased noble or government official. It faithfully represents the vessels used in daily life for fishing and for transportation on the Nile. A model boat enabled the deceased to make a pilgrimage by magical proxy to the city of Abydos, the cult center of the god Osiris. Sometimes two boats were provided, one with a mast for sailing south (against the current) and one with only oarsmen for sailing north (with the current.)

Grave-goods found in Middle Kingdom tombs have also included wooden figures of offering-bearers and other servants performing tasks intended to provide essential services and commodities to the deceased in the next world.

AMICA ID: MIA_.16.496
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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