Ibis Leg and Foot
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Some mummies were decorated with bronze fittings that imitated parts of the animal within it. This ibis leg and claw weighs roughly one and a half Egyptian deben (or 4½ ounces) and represented a considerable additional expense for the person who commissioned the animal mummy it once adorned. Such additions might have influenced the god’s decision to aid the worshipper.
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
664â332 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 26, or later
PERIOD
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
DIMENSIONS
2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 24.5 cm)
4.5 oz. (0.13kg) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
37.385Eb
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
One large bronze leg and foot from a composite figure of a recumbent Ibis. Tang protrudes from the joint.
Condition: Left inside claw broken off and restored via wax, cleaned to black/Cu patina but otherwise in excellent condition. Solid cast.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Ibis Leg and Foot, 664â332 B.C.E. Bronze, 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 24.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.385Eb. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.385Eb_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 37.385Eb_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (Gavin Ashworth, photographer), 2012
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