Object Number | 29-221-560 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Sudan |
Culture Area | North Africa |
Date Made | 1869-1870 |
Section | African |
Materials | Ostrich Egg Shell |
Technique | Cameo |
Description | Triangular ostrich egg fragment; thick. Decorated with an upper band of zigzags and dashes. Central design of five figures surrounding a mounted individual who holds a long object. Possibly a bird depicted in the upper left. |
Length | 8 cm |
Width | 8.8 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 560 - Sommerville Number |
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