Nile Catfish

ca. 1850-1750 BC (Middle Kingdom)

1.9 cm 0.3 cm

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This gold pendant in the shape of a Nile catfish is a simpler version to Walters 57.1072. The hollow body is made of two pieces of sheet gold formed in repoussé. The sheet gold tail and the dorsal fins of silver (of which only one remains) were inserted into the body. The line...

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Collection of Suydam [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John E. Kieffer, Jr., prior to 1966 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1966, by purchase.
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