Object Title
Model Solar Boat
Measurements
89.5 x 15.2 x 50.8 cm
Creation Date
ca. 1845-1819 BCE (for original elements)
Credit Line
Gift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/37646/model-solar-boat?ctx=a5b5c20b37593f4a4d4a0670ccfb7c6f9b6666d7&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Said to be ex coll. Henriette Zanon, Monte Carlo, from early 1900s. Reportedly loaned to the British Musuem, London, England, mid 20th Century. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Exhibition Information
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Veneralia 2019 Senuseret Collection Preview, May 18, 2019
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
While the Zanon and British Museum provenance cannot be confirmed at this time, the donor acquired most of his collection from small French auctions in the 1970s.