Object Number | 29-221-559 |
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. Design of 15 figures surrounding and facing a larger, central figure. Some of the surrounding individuals have pointed faces or pointed heads and some have their arms extended. Most have their legs bent. The central figure is seated with a long object held horizontally across their legs. |
Length | 8 cm |
Width | 11 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 559 - Sommerville Number |
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