Cameo

29-221-555

From: Egypt | Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-221-555
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Sudan
Culture Area North Africa
Date Made 1869-1870
Section African
Materials Ostrich Egg Shell
Technique Cameo
Description

Rectangular ostrich egg fragment; thick. Designs of individuals around a figure mountain on the back of an animal. Some figures have pointed heads or pointed faces. Some figures have long objects in their hands and one has a tail.

Length 8 cm
Width 10.2 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 555 - Sommerville Number

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