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Bird-shaped palette

Bird-shaped palette

3850–3300 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueGreywacke
DimensionsHeight x width: 14 x 9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number03.1473
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceSaid to be from Naqada. 1903: purchased for the MFA from Mohamed Mohassib, Luxor, Egypt by Albert M. Lythgoe as part of a group (03.1472-03.1473, 03.1495-03.1496, 03.1506) for 12 shillings. Acquired with funds from the Emily Esther Sears Fund. (Accession Date: January 1, 1903)
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