\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The aspects of daily life and work in Egypt are known to us chiefly through funerary art: not just paintings and reliefs, but also woo
den models reproduce the objects and crafts of the world of the living. This is one of the most interesting aspects of Egyptian art: these statuettes are set organically in space, without the rigidity that often characterizes larger statuary. They often
interact with one another in lively fashion, creating scenes from a narrative, as in the case of this farmer holding the beam of a plow drawn by a pair of oxen.
