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Ivory inlay of a two-tiered tree
Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm (2 5/16 x 1 x 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1361
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionInlay in five fragments of a tree. Incomplete.
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K 439, January 1914. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.