1890.26.37

Collection type

Object

Description

Furniture fitting; pegged fragment.

Geographical reference

Egypt

Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt

Lahun [Kahun]

Person

Field collector William Matthew Flinders Petrie

PRM source Henry Martyn Kennard

Date / Period

Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom

Date collected

1890

Acquisition information

Donated: 1890

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant

Dimensions

Length: max 115 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1890.26.37

Research and responses

Kennard, along with Jesse Hayworth, was Petrie's main sponsor for the excavations at Lahun. The division of finds from the excavation was that of the material that was allowed to return to England, it would be equally divided between Petrie, Kennard and Haworth. Most of Hayworth's material went to the University of Manchester (see http://www.museum.manchester.ac.uk/collection/ancientegypt/virtualkahun/), but Kennard's objects were mostly sold at auction after his death in 1911 but evidently donated some of his portion of the finds to the Pitt Rivers. [AS 05/07/2012]

Associated publications

Presumably the following item listed under 'Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford' in the 'Catalogue of Museum Collections' in Boxes, Chests and Footstools, Volume II of Ancient Egyptian Furniture by Geoffrey Killen (Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1994): 'I 69 / Furniture fragment with pegs / Wood / 12th Dyn Kahun' (see photocopy in RDF: Researchers: Killen). [JC 9 2 2005] Excavation accounts: Petrie, W.M.F. 1890. Kahun, Gurob and Hawara (London); Petrie, WM.F. 1891 Illahun, Kahun and Gurob, 1889-90 (London) [AS 06/07/2012]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Unidentified Object