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Hair, rug-cloth, etc. 14-2-867 (=MFA 20.1483), 13-12-975 (giraffe hair) (=MFA 20.1491), 14-3-10…
Coiled hair mass
Hair, rug-cloth, etc. 14-2-867 (=MFA 20.1483), 13-12-975 (giraffe hair) (=MFA 20.1491), 14-3-1010 (4pieces), 14-3-363

Coiled hair mass

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGiraffe hair
DimensionsOverall: 18 x 24 cm (7 1/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1491
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsOrganic remains
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 439-2. December 1913: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.