Ice Storm
1 of 2
Object Label
Canopic Jars
The practice of mummifying human remains led to the development of a new kind of jar.
During the mummification process, the liver, stomach, intestines, and lungs had to be removed to allow the corpse’s interior to dry. In the Fourth Dynasty, the Egyptians began storing these vital organs in four separate vessels, called canopic jars, and burying them with the mummy. Eighteenth Dynasty craftsmen started making canopic jar lids representing the four “Sons of Horus”—deities specifically charged with defending the organs. The human-headed god Imsety protected the liver.
Caption
Anthony Goicolea American, born 1971. Ice Storm, 2005. Chromogenic print, 71 × 92 in. (180.3 × 233.7 cm) mount: 71 × 92 × 1 in. (180.3 × 233.7 × 2.5 cm) frame: 81 1/2 × 96 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (207 × 245.1 × 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden, by exchange and Dick S. Ramsay Fund, 2005.19. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Photograph courtesy of the artist and Postmasters Gallery, CUR.2005.19_Postmasters_Gallery_photo.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Ice Storm
Date
2005
Medium
Chromogenic print
Classification
Dimensions
71 × 92 in. (180.3 × 233.7 cm) mount: 71 × 92 × 1 in. (180.3 × 233.7 × 2.5 cm) frame: 81 1/2 × 96 1/2 × 3 3/4 in. (207 × 245.1 × 9.5 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Carl L. Selden, by exchange and Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Accession Number
2005.19
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
The Brooklyn Museum holds a non-exclusive license to reproduce images of this work of art from the rights holder named here. The Museum does not warrant that the use of this work will not infringe on the rights of third parties. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions before copying, transmitting, or making other use of protected items beyond that allowed by "fair use," as such term is understood under the United States Copyright Act. For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org. If you wish to contact the rights holder for this work, please email copyright@brooklynmuseum.org and we will assist if we can.
Have information?
Have information about an artwork? Contact us at