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Egypt
Case for a mummified hawk
Bronze, wood, lacquer | 7.0 x 7.0 x 3.0 cm (excluding base/stand) | RCIN 84138
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Small bronze mummy case, surmounted by the figure of a falcon wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, representing Horus, the Egyptain solar god. It has been cleaned and lacquered. On a black wooden base.
Provenance
Brought from the pyramids at Saqqara by HRH Prince Arthur, 1875.
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Medium and techniques
Bronze, wood, lacquer
Measurements
7.0 x 7.0 x 3.0 cm (excluding base/stand)
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Place of Production
Egypt
