- Title
- Model of a Woman Tending a Fire
- Date Made
- First Intermediate Period - early Middle Kingdom, 2134-1991 BCE
- Medium
- Wood, gesso and pigments
- Dimensions
- 7 1/4 × 4 × 6 in. (18.42 × 10.16 × 15.24 cm)
- Accession Number
- 51.15.11
- Collecting Area
- Egyptian Art
- Curatorial Notes
This tomb model represents an individual crouching with two sticks before the painted representation of a fire. Based on comparison to similar Egyptian models, the right hand may have held a fan, while a goose or duck was suspended on the stick held in the left hand.