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The statuette represents an oarsman of a model ritual boat as a sitting man with his arms stretched forward and downwards; the fists are clenched. He wears a knee-long garment and a wig covering his ears. The body is painted red, the garment is white, the wig and eyes are black.

The statuette represents an oarsman of a model ritual boat as a sitting man with his arms stretched forward and downwards; the fists are clenched. He wears a knee-long garment and a wig covering his ears. The body is painted red, the garment is white, the wig and eyes are black.

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

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Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, p.60, cat.no.54.

General Comment

For parallels see J.H.Breasted, Egyptian Servant Statues. Washington, 1948, pl.64-a, 70-b, 97-3; H.E.Winlock, Models of Daily Life of Ancient Egypt from the tomb of Meket-Re at Thebes. Cambridge (Mass.), 1955, pl.37.

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The left foot and the face are damaged. The surface is cracked and weathered, the pigments are partly lost.

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