Hand grasping an ankh and a small rope...
Photo © Joan Lansberry, May 2008

This has been a mystery, for I'd neglected to photograph the entire piece, let alone any info on it. Back in 2008, I did a search of the Brooklyn Museum website, and of the then 120 results for wood, found nothing. I'd even looked at Flicker, and its 224 items matching 'Brooklyn' within the Egyptian art pool revealed nada.

Two years later, however, the museum has 417 items for 'wood'. There is no photo accompanying this description. But my photo may be 'partial' because 'partial' was all there was:

Left Fist Holding Folded Cloth
Medium: Wood, plaster, pigment
Dimensions: 6 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (17 x 6 x 17.3 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession Number: 37.2041.12E
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Caption: Left Fist Holding Folded Cloth. Wood, plaster, pigment, 6 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 6 13/16 in. (17 x 6 x 17.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2041.12E. Creative Commons-BY-NC

Still, whose fist this was and what the cord is are mysteries. Interestingly enough, my statue of Ganesh shows him holding a similar rope in his hand.