Object owner details: MFA accession number: 37.645a-b

Findspot: Western Cemetery, Pit G 2418 U [torso fragment found in shaft, head of female figure found next day in chamber]

Limestone

Expedition Measurements: Height: 29.2+ cm Width: 18.8 cm; back support: 13 cm; figures: 15 - 19 cm Thickness: 8.4+ cm

Description: Torsos [and head of female figure] of limestone pair statue, man and woman standing side by side, and head of female figure; both figures slightly turned toward each other and supported on back by slab nearly as wide as figures, male figure standing with left foot advanced, arms hanging down at sides, hands closed holding handkerchief in each hand, wears short white [kilt] and pleated apron held by belt, woman standing to his left with feet side by side, her right arm around his back (hand showing on his right waist), and left arm across her torso touching his left upper arm with her finger tips; black of woman's hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes, yellow of her face, and traces of red on man's body only colors preserved, male figure head and legs below knees missing, female figure legs missing below calf, outer part of left upper arm and lower arm across body as well as part of belly broken off. Illustration: Yes. Illustration scale: ca 1:5

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Selected Published References:
Reisner, George A. "Note on Objects Assigned to the Museum by the Egyptian Government." Bulletin of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 36, No. 214 (April 1938), p. 30, fig. 6.