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Leg from a funerary bed
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Shebitka
712–698 B.C.
Findspot: Sudan, el-Kurru, Tomb 72
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x width x thickness: 56.1 x 13 x 30.5 cm (22 1/16 x 5 1/8 x 12 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.2815
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionBronze. In form of a goose sitting on rectangular pedestal with post rising from its back.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, tomb 72. 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.
(Accession date: December 31, 1921)
(Accession date: December 31, 1921)