Falcon Reliquary
The Egyptians buried mummified animals in zoomorphic (animal-shaped) coffins carved from wood or formed from clay, but they also inserted some of the preserved animals into hollow bronze reliquaries like this one. Placed in subterranean animal cemeteries, these figurines serve...
Artifact
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24868
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contentType
object
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stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.2120_Lft_BW.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.2120_Lft_BW.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_54.2120_Lft_BW.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2120 |
Terms
Culture
Egyptian
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