Statuette of Huwebenef
Huwebenef has a slim body, delicate features, and extraordinarily huge eyes, as do other early New Kingdom statues. Huwebenef’s father, Djehuty, carved a burial inscription on the statuette’s separate wooden base. Inside the casket of a woman thought to be their mother, statuettes of the children Amenemhab and Huwebenef were discovered.
Object Details
Egypt, Luxor, Asasif, Tomb CC 37, Hall (C), burial 24, inside coffin, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1911
Wood
H. 35 cm (13 3/4 in.); w. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); d. 19.2 cm (7 9/16 in.)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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