Title/Description
Female figure from a model group: Female porter/Offering bearer
Material
wood, ground layer, paint; worn and damaged; dowel on the top of the head (missing basket from the top of the head); missing arms
Dimensions
H: 22.2 cm W (max.): 4 cm D: 3.5 cm (at the head)
Iconography
Posture: left foot slightly advanced
Body: painted ochre
Wig/Hair: black painted long straight hair or wig; basket from the top of the head missing
Face: prominent eyes set straight, painted white and black
Dress: knee-length white dress supported by one strap over the right shoulder; the left, uncovered breast marked with a black rosette; both arms missing
Function
Funerary furniture/Part of the private burial equipment (Figure of a group bringing supplies for the deceased in a ritual procession)
Date
First half of Middle Kingdom
Origin
Unknown
Provenance
Unknown (Purchased from a private collector in 1957 (together with 57.7-E, 57.8-E and 57.9-E))
Bibliography
Parallels
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 21.882 (Deir el-Bersha; Dynasty 11 - early Dynasty 12) (A. M. J. Tooley, Middle Kingdom Burial Customs. A study of wooden models and related material, PhD Diss. Univ. Liverpool 1989, 206)
London, Petrie Museum, UC45826 (early Middle Kingdom) 
Inventory Number
57.6-E