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Painted cow skull (bucranium)
Painted cow skull (bucranium)

Painted cow skull (bucranium)

1700–1550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBone
DimensionsHeight x width: 36 x 56 cm (14 3/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number03.1956
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceSaid to be from Khizam (near Luxor). 1903: purchased for the MFA from Mohamed Mohassib, Luxor, Egypt by Albert M. Lythgoe as part of a group (03.1956, 03.1957, 03.1960, RES.03.8-RES.03.10) for £3.
(Accession date: March 23, 1992)