Cameo

29-221-563

From: Egypt | Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-221-563
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 two pyramids with a sun in between. Six figures are depicted to the sides and above the pyramids. One figure on the left is mounted and all three figures on the right are climbing a tree. Two birds are depicted above the sun.

Length 8 cm
Width 9.3 cm
Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904
Other Number 563 - Sommerville Number

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