Egypt. MacGregor Man" statuette of a bearded man standing with his arms against his body, wearing a penis case. The MacGregor Man is a famous statue acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford in 1922. In the absence of a comparable find, it is considered by some to be a fake, even though it is still "possibly" dated to the Predynastic period, according to the museum's official catalogue. Our statuette could fuel the debate, as it is precisely comparable to the MacGregor man. It has the same characteristics but with slight differences, such as the treatment of the beard and the material used. Sandstone with traces of red paint. Same workshop as the MacGregor man or copy. Height 25.5 cm. Collages on the head, under the beard and under the hands. Former Itzvart collection. Bibliography: Croowfot-Payne, Catalogue of the Predynastic Egyptian Collections in the Ashmolean Museum, 2000, pl. VI (cat. no. 5). Fichter, Faux et faussaires en art égyptien, 2005, p. 158, pl. 15, fig. 60 (card III.1). Josephson, "The "MacGregor man" (AN 1922.70)" in Joyful in Thebes, Egyptological studies in honour of Besty H. Bryan, (Material and visual culture of ancient Egypt, 1), 2015, pp. 301-308.