Grain Mummy Analysis

Falcon-form Coffin holding a Grain Mummy, made by an anonymous Egyptian artist, is a coffin sculpture made with Painted and gilded wood on its exterior and earth sand, grain, linen and wax on its interior. The work of Art dates to C. 332 to 32 B.C. and mainly depicts a painted gilded face of a falcon on a human-shaped coffin symbolizing the Ancient Egyptian god Horus on its exterior and a grey masked Osiris mummy made with earth, grain, linen, and wax inside the coffin. It is located at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston which was purchased through Museum Collectors’ funds. The sculpture coffin is medium-sized and measures at 48.9 by 16.5 by 14 centimeters and could fit in one’s hands. In this formal analysis, I will be going over the artist’s coffin sculpture and its shape, colors, form, texture, unity, pattern, variety and culture of origin.
In the upper exterior portion of the sculpture, there lies a painted gilded face of a falcon in a warm gold hue that stares right into someone’s eyes and holds a positive space. On the other hand, the depicted falcon has eyes, a mouth, and a solid Egyptian nemes headdress on its head that are black and hold a negative space. On the falcon’s chest, there are decorative rhythmic patterns painted in gold in between the bottom half portion of the black nemes headdress and underneath the falcon’s supposed gold gilded neck. In addition, a thin gold painted line outlines the Falcon’s nemes headdress. The color of gold throughout the coffin sculpture’s exterior represents the powerfulness of the God Horus. The sculpture has a rough texture and an overall round shape that curves throughout the coffin. The coffin is considered as a close-formed sculpture and its hues promote balance and