Middle Kingdom, 2050-1652 BC. A large wooden tableau of a male worker seated, wearing a shendyt kilt, painted details to the face, red pigment to the body, holding a fan in the extended right hand, both arms pegged to the body; in front of an oval oven with separate lid, with frontal opening for bread, on a rectangular base. See Taylor, J.H., Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, London, 2001.512 grams, 22.5cm (9"). From a UK collection; formerly in an early 20th century collection.