Element from a funerary model


Accession Number
EC789
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Model, Unidentified funerary model, Accessory from an unknown tomb model
Period
Old Kingdom
Material
Wood
Provenance
Egypt
Measurements
Length: 88mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

This object was previously identified as a rudder from a model boat. It is made of wood, with reddish-brown paint, and a design in black. It seems more likely to be a fan held by one of the squatting kitchen funerary figures, in an activity such as roasting a fowl, and fanning the fire in order to maintain the flames. Although we have several figures in this pose, it is impossible to identify with any certainty which of the figures, if any, this object was originally associated.