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Amulet of a falcon

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Height x width: 1.9 x 1 cm (3/4 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4448
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBronze seated hawk. It is much incrusted. There is a broken suspension ring on the back. It wears a high head-dress.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
(Accession date: June 28, 1872)