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Object Number 15-12-50/B1264
Display Title Mica ornament (originally sewn on leather), mica plume
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chipped stone mica ornament, incised to resemble feather
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan / Dongola / <County> / <City> / Kerma
Intrasite KX, Grave K 1039
Materials Mica
Dimensions Overall: 5 x 1.7 x 0.1 cm (1 15/16 x 11/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1264
Provenance
Collector George A. Reisner (1913)
Expedition Harvard University- Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition (1913)
Lender Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1915)
Donor Donated by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1929)

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