Figure imprisoned by a restraint

Figure imprisoned by a restraint

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

A figure is depicted whose head and arms are held in a restraint, like a pillory except that the restraint is not fixed. The cast is disfigured by cracks and the surface is worn, so that it is difficult to see the face. The head appears particularly heavy, and parallels suggest the man may have worn long hair and a beard. The figure is nude, and its belly protrudes. On the reverse may be seen four square depressions, two at the top of the back and two more just below those, whose purpose is not clear. The figure fits appears to belong in a group of small Hellenistic bronzes depicting dwarves in a pillory.

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.