Shawabti Chest with Lid and Falcon

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Shawabti Chest with Lid and Falcon
Date332–30 BC
MediumPainted wood
Dimensionso/a: 18 1/2 × 8 3/16 × 10 3/8 inches (47 × 20.8 × 26.4 cm)
.A, box: 15 1/4 × 8 3/16 × 10 3/8 inches (38.7 × 20.8 × 26.4 cm)
.B, lid: 3/4 × 8 × 6 1/4 inches (2 × 20.3 × 15.9 cm)
.C, bird ornament: 2 3/4 × 5 5/16 × 2 inches (7 × 13.5 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.110.A,.B,.C
Non exposé

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Department
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ProvenanceAndré Bircher (1838–1926), Cairo, by 1926 [1]; by inheritance to Mrs. F. Serveux, Cairo, 1926; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, by 1931; given to MFAH, 1931.

[1] Bircher Collection #332.
Exhibition History"The Egyptian Mummy: Unwrapping the Mystery" HMNS, March 23–August 27, 1989. (LN: 89.14)

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