Object Number | 29-221-561 |
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, slightly curved ostrich egg fragment; thick. Design of a central, four-legged animal with a pointed face and two chevrons around its neck. A smaller, similar figure is depicted above its back leg. |
Length | 8.1 cm |
Width | 3 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
Other Number | 561 - Sommerville Number |
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