Context (Other owners)
This object is not listed in the Philip Whiteway Collection catalogue (which is not exhaustive). It is not clear how it was identified as coming from this collection when accessioned in 2006.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Auction / Sale)
Attached to the statue is a label that reads: 'very fine Fragment of a schist Osiride Figure from [missing]... 6 1/2 in. high'. This seems likely to have come from a sales catalogue, and it is likely the number written in red underneath '1431' could be the sales number.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (Physical description)
A: Finely carved Osiride torso, head and lower body broken away. Figure holds a flail in one hand and a detailed collar.
B: Statue set into a wood base, supported by cork. Into the front of the stand is set a faience mummy scarab with piercings to attach to mummy wrappings.
Event Date 2006
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (Analysis)
Kate Spence looked at this object in May 2011 and believes it came off a larger statue. She also believes it is late New Kingdom or post New Kingdom.
Event Date 5/2011
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson