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Hand holding an ankh

1550–343 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueGranite
DimensionsWidth x length x thickness: 11.4 x 30.4 x 13.3 cm (4 1/2 x 11 15/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.676
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)