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Falcon
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This statuette of a falcon is carved in the round and has a hole on top of his head to implement a crown. Parts of the legs are missing. Ptolemaic until early Roman Period.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Fouquet [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 2/29/1984 | Treatment | repaired |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 1/16 x W: 11/16 x D: 1 11/16 in. (5.27 x 1.82 x 4.23 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.72