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Unknown: E.GA.530a.1947

Current Location: In storage

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Tapering carved piece of wood, with dowel hole at one end, with a break at the other. It is flat at one end with the opposite side shaped in a trapezoidal manner. A crack runs from the broken end up to the dowel hole.

Fragment of wood, pierced at one end, likely an arm from a model.

Measurements and weight

Height: 1 cm
Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 1 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Egypt ⪼ Egypt

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1947) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Carved

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.530a.1947
Primary reference Number: 61725

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 23 January 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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