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Material : Painted Wood
Height : 123
Found in : Deir Al-bahari Tomb of Meketra (1919-1920)
Period : Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: XII
Belonged_to: MEKETRA
Excavation : The Metropolitan Museum of Art
This wooden model of a woman was found in the Tomb of Meketra in Deir El Bahari in Luxor (ancient Thebes) . Discovered in this rich tomb was a great deal of statuettes and miniature models mirroring the life ancient Egyptians used to led and the works and activities they were busy with . Offerings were presented to the images of gods in order to nourish and sustain them , and the Egyptians also believed that the deceased could derive sustenance from offerings presented to them . Offerings were brought into the chapel of the tomb and presented in front of the false door .
This model of an offerings' bearer is of a great sense of sophistication and elegance rarely found in funerary models . Over her head she wears an elegant black wig gracefully falling down her symmetrical shoulders . She is wrapped with a long , tight-fitting tunic decorated with geometric patterns and polychrome beads . With her left leg advanced , the elegant woman appears with a slim body carrying on her head a basket filled with four wine vases . With her right hand , she grasps a duck by the wings . Hanging down from her long smooth neck is a fine necklace . Her beauty is made more intense with the bracelets on her hands and the anklets circulating her tarsus in alternating stripes with the same colors as those on her body .
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