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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