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Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents
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Title:
Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents
Caption:
Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents. Dimensions: H. 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in.); W. 24.9 cm (9 13/16 in.); D. 33.3 cm (13 1/8 in.). Date: 332-30 B.C..
The elaborately decorated box features a falcon statuette on top of its lid. Inside is a tightly wrapped linen bundle. X-rays have shown that it does not contain a complete bird mummy but only feathers.
Technique/material:
Painted and gilded wood, linen, resin, feathers
Period:
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
2934 x 4400 px | 36.9 MB
Print size:
24.8 x 37.3 cm | 9.8 x 14.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AFRICA • CASE FURNITURE • CHESTS • EGYPT • EGYPTIAN ART • FEATHERS • FROM EGYPT; SAID TO BE FROM MIDDLE EGYPT, ASYUT (LYKOPOLIS) • FURNITURE • GILT • LINEN • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • MUMMIES • PAINTED AND GILDED WOOD, LINEN, RESIN, FEATHERS • PAINTING • PTOLEMAIC PERIOD • RESIN • WOOD
