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Group shot: 37.552-3
Fowl case with mummified duck
Group shot: 37.552-3

Fowl case with mummified duck

1514–1493 B.C.
Object PlaceDeir el-Bahari, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueWood / linen / organic material
DimensionsLength of case (a-b): 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.)
Length of fowl (c): 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit LineRecieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, by exchange
Accession number37.552a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
ProvenancePossibly from the tomb of Seniu at Deir el-Bahari (Cf. BullMMA. Dec. 1920, II. pp. 4 ff.). By 1937: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; 1937: recieved by the MFA through exchange with Metropolitan Museum of Art.