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Eye from mummy case
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: .025 Length: .009 W.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4714
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionIncrusted with brown; black glass pupil; good condition.
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.