A Nobleman and his Wife
CultureEgyptian
Date2494-2345 B.C.E.
MediumPainted limestone
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 3 1/2 inches (20.96 × 18.42 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number61-8
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Exhibition HistoryEchoes of Eternity: The Egyptian Mummy and the Afterlife, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 4, 1999-May 7, 2000.
Husband and wife both wear wigs. The man's wig was a status symbol not unlike the powdered wigs of 18th-century dandies. Additionally, being able to wear short hair diminished the ever-recurrent problem of lice. For the woman, the wig was a sign of wealth. Perfumed, it could become an effective means of seduction.
With J. J. Klejman Gallery, New York, by 1961;
Purchased from Klejman by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1961.
Ross E. Taggart and George L. McKenna, eds., Handbook of the Collections in The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, vol. 1, Art of the Occident, 5th ed. (Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, 1973), 21.
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