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Mummified snakes

305–30 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueLinen, faunal remains
DimensionsHeight x width: 23.5 x 11 cm (9 1/4 x 4 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.4917
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: December 16, 1992)