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Accessory to serving statuette: basket

Egyptian
Old Kingdom
2649–2134 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Room G 7530 in debris

Medium/Technique Limestone
Dimensions Overall: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number27.2028
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionBasket broken off from serving statuette; in 2 fragments; incomplete. Painted yellow. May 4, 1927. MFA brown card.
ProvenanceFrom Giza, Room G 7530 in radim. 1927: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.