Model of a Rower

Painted wooden figure of a man seated in a rowing position. Black hair and white kilt. Mounted on modern wooden seat. Bases marked in black BH 612. Institute of Archaeology Museum accession number 18. From Beni Hasan, cemetery below the Middle Kingdom rock-cut tombs: excavated by John Garstang of the Liverpool Institute of Archaeology, 1902-1904. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Missing oar and feet, surface loss, chipped around arms, arms are loose, surface dirt, label adhered to feet stump, surface dirt.