Description:
Mummiform figure of coarse, pinkish-beige terracotta. Tall, narrow body. Arms crossed, with hands as round protrusions. Irregular shape, with blade marks around rear perimeter where clay was crudely scraped away, leaving flange of excess material. Flat back. Painted decoration of reddish-brown slip for face, two hoes, outline of text column below hands, and rectangular seed bag on back. Yellow slip for background of text column; black slip for wig and for faint traces of hieroglyphs.

Tags:
ancient; archaeology; tombs; deaths; afterlife; religion; rituals; ceremonies; sculpture; agriculture

Subjects:
Religion; Rites and ceremonies; Agriculture; archaeological objects; Civilization, Ancient; Death; Future life; Rituals; Sculpture; Tombs

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https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=MH+1910.9.14.A.K

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