Model Type
fragmentary - weaving
Description
GlobalEgMus web page: Statuette of a weaver
The statuette represents a squatting woman with her slightly bent arms attached by pegs stretched forward and downwards. She wears a tripartite wig and a traditional dress. This is an image of a weaver working at a loom. The body is painted yellow, the whites and the dress are white, the wig, eyebrows, eyelids and pupils are black.
Height= 13.7 (cm)
Note Preservation: The left arm and the feet that were made separately are lost. The pigments are partly lost.
Site
Unknown
Date
Middle Kingdom
Museum
State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Accession number
5038
Material
wood
Dimensions
Height 13.7 cm
Museum Online Record Card
https://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=13558

Links to Images and Other Refs


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