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Model of a Woman Grinding GrainFirst Intermediate Period - early Middle Kingdom, 2134-1991 BCE

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Life and Afterlife: Imagery of Early Egypt
Small ancient Egyptian painted wood sculpture of a kneeling figure grinding grain on a flat stone, mounted on a rectangular base, with red-brown and white pigment
Painted wood funerary model of a kneeling figure leaning forward with arms extended over a grinding stone mounted on a flat rectangular base; reddish-brown skin tone with black-painted hair, partially worn polychrome surface.
Title
Model of a Woman Grinding Grain
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
First Intermediate Period - early Middle Kingdom, 2134-1991 BCE
Medium
Wood, gesso and pigments
Dimensions
7 1/4 × 3 × 9 in. (18.42 × 7.62 × 22.86 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
51.15.10
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art