2007.006.006

Object Title
Hand from a Coffin
Measurements
9.2 x 5.7 cm
Creation Date
1076-723 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Sands of Time Antiquities
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24136/hand-from-a-coffin?ctx=ed9103cc923d4950654d0a14f837df7c719da5ac&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
With Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2007.

2006.032.004

Object Title
Magic Rod Fragment
Measurements
4.4 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm
Creation Date
1980-1760 BCE
Credit Line
Funded by John A. Manget by exchange
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12873/magic-wand?ctx=c56cdb699b3ef055ad0ddd92f7b43c300fcce375&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Acquired by MCCM through exchange with Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - January 2011;
Monsters, Demons & Winged Beasts: Composite Creatures in the Ancient World, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 5 - June 19, 2011;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, June 20, 2011 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2006.

2005.040.002

Object Title
Falcon Mummy
Measurements
52.1 x 12.7 cm
Creation Date
722-30 BCE
Credit Line
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12699/falcon-mummy?ctx=be68742417d836e38654ecc6da595801bdf79d4c&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, 2006 - March 13, 2018;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, July 17, 2018 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 2005.

2004.072.001

Object Title
Falcon-Headed Coffin for a Corn Osiris
Measurements
47.9 x 15.2 x 12.2 cm
Creation Date
722-30 BCE
Credit Line
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/7826/falconheaded-coffin-for-a-corn-osiris?ctx=fe4621609caa9a155c7ed711dc7d9cd77944a323&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Thomas J. Scapillato, United States. Ex coll. Paul Mooney, United States, purchased from Scapillato through Sands of Time Antiquities, Washington DC, summer 2001. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - May 8, 2013;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2004.

2004.053.002

Object Title
Model Tomb Figure
Measurements
7.6 x 20.9 x 9.5 cm
Creation Date
1980-1878 BCE
Credit Line
Charlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art, by exchange
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12089/model-tomb-figure?ctx=e39b725d7184c44a0c78c617f94a73dd02360a81&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Phillip Adams, Sydney, Australia, acquired from Charles Ede, London, England, 1970s. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Acquired by museum in 2004.

2004.053.001

Object Title
Shabti
Measurements
8.3 x 20.3 cm
Creation Date
1539-1077 BCE
Credit Line
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/12020/shabti?ctx=8f5fb596897696e07da913ffad0eedfb41062af9&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, West Coast, United States, from early 1970s. Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
From Pharaohs to Emperors: New Egyptian and Classical Antiquities at Emory, Michael C. Carlos Museum, January 14 - April 2, 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, June 17, 2013 - Present
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 2004.

1998.011

Object Title
Shabti of Neferibresaneith
Measurements
18.4 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm
Creation Date
664-525 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of the Connoisseurs by exchange
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19348/shabti-of-neferibresaneith?ctx=b5f764b94468b6eae2999f0b93ce8f2bed2bf38f&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Acquired by MCCM from Merrin Gallery, New York, New York.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 1998 - February 2000;
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - June 2006;
MCCM Permanent Collection Gallery, 2009 - Present
Publication Information
Peter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva 12 (2001): 9-16.;
Peter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 30.;
Sara E. Cole, Judith Barr, and Roselyn Campbell, "'A Man in His Duty': An Ushabti of Neferibresaneith and a Case Study in the Dispersal of Egyptian Antiquities," Getty Research Journal 10 (2018): 191-206.;
Rune Nyord, Seeing Perfection: Ancient Egyptian Images beyond Representation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020), 69, Figure 23.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Object purchased by museum in 1998.

2017.047.001A/D

Object Title
Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Creation Date
305-30 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Harshna and Pyush Patel
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/36814/ptahsokarosiris?ctx=3fcf7c2a7010642436439201bc21d247e2f822f0&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years.
Provenance Information
Said to have been exported out of Egypt before 1983. Ex private collection, Netherlands. Ex coll. Pyush Patel, United States, purchased from Mark Goodstein [Explorer Ancient Art], New York, New York, June 2016.
Exhibition Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been exhibited.
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
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this and all objects in our collection.

2011.017.001

Object Title
Mummy Mask
Measurements
48.3 x 35.6 x 19.1 cm
Creation Date
1190-1077 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joop Bollen
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/24806/mummy-mask?ctx=d27df617bb969ca917fb13195388a3eca298de43&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex private collection, Netherlands, before 1983. With Anubis Ancient Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands. With Robert Sides [Traders of the Lost Art], Maui, Hawaii, acquired from Anubis Ancient Art, November 2002. Possibly ex coll. Terry Zuwa, Canada. Ex coll. Joop Bollen, United States.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 26, 2011 - Present
Publication Information
MCCM Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2011.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Informed judgement that works were outside of the country of modern discovery before 1970
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object.

2011.043.003A/B

Object Title
Corn Osiris Figure and Coffin
Measurements
58.4 x 19.1 x 7.6 cm
Creation Date
722-30 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph A. Lewis, II and Sofi Lewis
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/31285/corn-osiris-figure-and-coffin?ctx=85b648c113ab3dba7d2b47d1a9da7f656fe79c82&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Dr. John Winnie, St Marys, Georgia. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Noele and Ronald Mele Ancient Art, New York, March 25, 2010.
Exhibition Information
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, July 24, 2013 - Present
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
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this object.
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