Model of a Man HoeingThe painted wooden statuette shows a tall, slender man wearing a short kilt hoe
Model of a Man HoeingThe painted wooden statuette shows a tall, slender man wearing a short kilt hoeing a muddy field. His feet sink realistically into the mud. His skin is depicted as reddish brown because he would have worked outdoors under the heat of the sun.Models of field activities are rare because of the difficulty in depicting outdoor work on a small scale.Wood, from Mir village, Asyut. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2345-2181 BC. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. JE 30822 -- source link
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