Model Type
	woman carrying child
Description
	Breasted: 4. Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Museum, 1911.260. Twelfth dynasty. Wood. Woman wearing a long embroidered skirt, and carrying on her back a child suspended in a shawl over her shoulders: the shawl crosses in front. The infant's head is visible looking out, and is attached by a short peg. The woman's hair is rather short. On top of her head is a small hole, suggesting that probably she carried a head load. Her features are best described as characterized by a long nose and protruding chin and lips. Garstang has identified her as a Libyan woman. Professor Jean Capart and Dr. Cyril Aldred are inclined to classify her as a Syrian immigrant, of Semitic race, because the pattern and colour of her dress are not greatly unlike those on the garments of Semitic immigrants in the tomb of Khnemhotp at Beni Hasan. From Beni Hasan, tomb 181(of Useri). Height: 15 cm. Garstang, Burial Customs, fig. 138, p. 140. Garstang Inventory: iii. Model of foreign woman carrying child on back in shawl.
Site
	Beni Hasan
Tomb
	BH 181
Burial
	Useri
Museum
	National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
Accession number
	A.1911.260
Breasted Classification
	VII-2-1 CONCUBINES AND OTHER GROUPS OF RETAINERS - Women with Children. - Women carrying children.
Material
	wood
Dimensions
	Height 15 cm
References (Bibliography)
	BreastedJnr-1948 , VII-2-1 4.
	Garstang-1907a , Fig. 138, p. 140.
	Tooley-1989 , p. 351
Museum Online Record Card
	https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/collection-search-results/?item_id=300598
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/Garst-fig-138.jpg

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