Cameo

29-221-560

From: Egypt | Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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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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