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Stone Bird Vase
Stone hanging vase in the form of a bird. The handles are drilled through to allow a rope or cord to support the vessel. The inside of the stone is also drilled to allow for liquid or perhaps a ground substance to be placed inside. The bird is shown in a simple form with two drill-holes for eyes. It appears to be leaning forward as if eating or pecking at something.
Height: 5.4 cm
Length: 9.9 cm
Width: 5.2 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1898) by Egyptian Research Account
Predynastic
Early Dynastic Period
About
-3000
-
About
-2500
Accession number: E.9.1898
Primary reference Number: 49549
Oldadmincategory: S
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Stone Bird Vase" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49549 Accessed: 2023-06-08 23:03:47
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: C.162 & A-1932
Accession Number: JL.15-1984
Accession Number: C.600-1991
Accession Number: M.84 & A-1973
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