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The statuette represents a kneeling man wearing a wig covering his ears and almost reaching his shoulders; slight traces of black pigment on his breast remain of a painted necklace. Pegged arms and legs are lost. The body is painted red, the whites and the garment are white, the wig, eyebrows, eyelids, pupils and beard are black. The statuette may be an image of a tomb owner, but also of a craftsman or an oarsman.

The statuette represents a kneeling man wearing a wig covering his ears and almost reaching his shoulders; slight traces of black pigment on his breast remain of a painted necklace. Pegged arms and legs are lost. The body is painted red, the whites and the garment are white, the wig, eyebrows, eyelids, pupils and beard are black. The statuette may be an image of a tomb owner, but also of a craftsman or an oarsman.

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From the first collection of Bobrovski; the date, place and method of acquisition are unrecorded.

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Bibliography

Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, p.53, cat.no.25.

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Preservation: 
The arms and legs are lost. Pigments are partly lost.

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