Model Type
	offering bearer
Description
	MFA website: This wooden model figure depicts a female offering bearer carrying 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, while the right arm is down at her side. She stands on a rectangular wooden base. The ends of the legs have been carved as pegs for attachment to the base. The skin is painted a dark yellow, and she wears a long, white dress. She also wears a short, black wig. The eyes are detailed in white and black. A black line pattern has been applied to the basket. The base retains traces of white paint.
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
	21.884
Material
	wood
References (Bibliography)
	Barker-2022 , Catalogue of Funerary Models M143, Figure 3.16
	Freed-etal-2009 , Fig 114, pp 144-158
	Tooley-1989 , pp. 40, 206, 232
Museum Online Record Card
	https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/model-of-a-female-offering-bearer-143958
Links to Images and Other Refs
	../IMG/BMFA-offering-bearers.jpg

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