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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