Tomb inventories were buried with the dead listed many valuable items like hairpins, rabbit hair, silk and gold. The figures mentioned were often clearly fictitious: 99,999 pounds of cotton being a clear example, but in many other cases miniature models substituted for the real thing. So, in one tomb, over sixty miniature bolts of silk were used and, in another, a miniature crossbow (thought to ward off tomb robbers). Numerous models of animals for food, such as these ducks, were also found.
Wood with pigments
The British Museum
1928,1022.94 (Ast.i.1.012)
1928,1022.95 (Ast.i.3.021)