Model Type
	offering bearer
Description
	MFA website: This wooden model figure depicts a female offering bearer standing with legs together, feet slightly apart, with a basket on her head. The arms are carved as separate components and are still articulated with the body. The left arm is raised to balance the basket. A rectangular wooden base has been provided, and the figure's feet have been carved as pegs for attachment to this base. They are now separated. The woman is painted white, which may be faded from a slightly darker yellow color. Her wig is black, and facial details are accented in black as well. A black line on the basket suggests that it was decorated with at least a simple pattern.
Site
	el-Bersheh
Tomb
	10A
Burial
	Djehutinakht
Date
	Late 11th to early 12th Dyn.
Ref. for dating
	Freed-etal-2009, App. B
Museum
	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Accession number
	21.881
Material
	wood
References (Bibliography)
	Barker-2022 , table on p. 215 no. M140
	Freed-etal-2009 , Fig 114, pp 144-158
	Tooley-1989 , pp. 40, 206, 232
Museum Online Record Card
	URL: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-of-a-female-offering-bearer-143955
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/BMFA-offering-bearers.jpg

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