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| Keywords: Egyptian - Ushabti-Figure of Ka-ha - Walters 22187.jpg Ushabti meaning answerers which resemble miniature mummies were made mostly from inexpensive materials such as wood or Egyptian faience These funerary statuettes represent the individual whom they accompanied into the tomb and the afterlife If a god called on the deceased to perform labor this servant substitute magically invoked by a traditional spell would answer and do the work on behalf of the tomb's owner This ushabti served as a proxy for the chief painter Ka-ha who worked during the reign of Ramesses III 1185-1153 at Deir el-Medina ca 1170 BC New Kingdom limestone with paint cm 18 2 accession number 22 187 10745 Abemayor Cairo Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Musueum 1931 by bequest Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 place of origin Deir el-Medina present-day Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ushabti in the Walters Art Museum Ushabti of the Egyptian New Kingdom Works of the 20th dynasty of Egypt Ancient Egyptian art from Deir el-Medina | ||||
