According to the hieroglyphs around the base, Hapidefai was the Chief Priest for the cult of Osiris in the Assuit district of Upper Egypt. This statuette was meant to be placed either in his tomb to be a refuge for his soul or in a tomb chapel to receive the benefit of funerary offerings. He wears a royal pleated apron with front tab appropriated by private citizens in the Middle Kingdom, and an unusual double wig, consisting of a heavy, flared upper part and a lower part which divides on either side of the neck.

2060 - 1780 B.C.,
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 12/27/19