Carved wooden bird with wings folded at sides, narrow tail (appears broken and re-glued), head reattached - with ridge on beak and eyes once inlaid (only remains in left eye), with a hole on the top of the head and smaller perforation on the back of the head. Thin piece appears to have broken off from bird's back previously has been re-glued.
Bird, possibly a dove or pigeon
Depth: 4.7 cm
Length: 15 cm
Width: 6.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1947) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville
Accession number: E.GA.511.1947
Primary reference Number: 61702
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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