Falcon-form Coffin with Grain Mummy

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Falcon-form Coffin with Grain Mummy
Date332–30 BC
MediumPainted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
Dimensions19 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (48.9 × 16.5 × 14 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment, and the Museum Collectors
Object number2006.280
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
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Department
Antiquities
ProvenanceErnst Haas (d. 1982) Collection; [Charles Ede Ltd., London, 1995–1997]; purchased by The Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernadino, CA, by at least 1997–2005 [1]; [Christie's, New York, December 9, 2005, lot 25]; purchased by [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2005–2006]; purchased by MFAH, 2006.

[1] KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt 8 (Spring 1997): cover, 20-27)
Exhibition History"Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection," Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, San Bernadino, California, August–September, 2001; San Diego Museum of Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

"The Multicultural Mummy," San Diego Museum of Man, July 1, 1998–May 30, 1999.

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