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Cow skull and horns decorated with paint
Restricted: For reference only

Cow skull and horns decorated with paint

about 1700–1550 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBone; horn
DimensionsLength of skull: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
Length of horns 45.5 cm and 48.5 cm.
Credit LineEmily Esther Sears Fund
Accession number03.1960
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.