DRAG IMAGE TO ROTATE ARTWORK
Model of a boat with crew
Middle Kingdom, Dynasties mid XI–XII 2020 BCE-1773 BCE
- Medium
- wood, gesso, pigment
- Measurements
- 80.3 × 31.8 × 14.3 cm
- Place/s of Execution
- Egypt
- Accession Number
- D90-1982
- Department
- Antiquities
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
© Public Domain
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited - Gallery location
- 18th Century Decorative Arts - Great Hall Costume Corridor
Level 2, NGV International - Physical description
- Model of a wooden boat with 13 figures on top. The boat is painted green on the sides and has a design of brown and cream on the deck; at each end of the deck are some details in black, probably indicating elements of the boat's structure. At one end of the boat are three falcon-headed standards, one of them painted green (the paint has worn off the other two). The figures are painted brown with white loin cloths, black hair/wigs and white faces with black details. Seven of the figures have white head bands/fillets and two figures have pieces of linen tied around their waists. The figures are not in their original positions. The figures and boat were covered in a thin layer of gesso before being painted.