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Hand
Egyptian
New Kingdom (?)
Medium/Technique
Stone
Dimensions
Width x length: 2.5 x 3.8 cm (1 x 1 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.807
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHand fragment from a statue made of stone, which is greenish gray. It is polished, and the surface is scratched. It is modeled in the round. There is a hole at the end of the wrist.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)