Hawk Ornament for a Mummy Cover

CultureEgyptian
Titles
  • Hawk Ornament for a Mummy Cover
Date664–30 BC
MediumEgyptian faience
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 1 5/16 in. (7 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number31.82
Not on view

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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 #779.

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