Ancient Egyptian Wooden Boat Figure (Ritual Specialist / Magician) Provenance: Ex Ted Bailey Collection

Provenance: Ex Ted Bailey Collection

including Ahmose I

tapering body that creates the distinctive “tusk-like” silhouette associated with ritual objects of the Late Formative period in the region

The juglet is intact and structurally sound

and early ritual practice

Ancient Egyptian Wooden Boat Figure (Ritual Specialist / Magician) Provenance: Ex Ted Bailey CollectionEgyptian Wooden Boat Figure Ritual Specialist Magician) Middle Kingdom, ca. 20551650 BCE Egypt Carved wooden figure originally belonging to a funerary boat model, depicting a standing male positioned at the prow. The figure is shown nude to the waist with a short kilt, his arms held forward in a rigid, somewhat unconventional pose compared to standard oarsmen or attendants. This atypical posture suggests a specialized rolelikely a ritual practitioner