Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt

Upper Part of a Seated Figure in a Long Kilt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wearing a high-waisted kilt, this man, perhaps from the lower echelons of the elite, was likely seated with his arms and hands flat on his thighs. His shaved head, a feature in earlier sculptures signifying purity before the gods, here more likely reflects the fashion of the later Middle Kingdom.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.