Two Eyes from an Anthropoid Coffin
date
600 BCE
creation place
Africa, Egypt
medium & support
bronze, stone, glass
measurements
7/8 x 3 1/8 x 7/16 in. (2.21 x 7.92 x 1.09 cm)
credit line
Gift of David T. Owsley via the Alconda-Owsley Foundation
accession number
2009.024.000a-b
keywords
ancestor, ancient history, burial, burial rites, ceremonial object, ceremony, civilization, classical antiquity, culture, death, Egyptian religion, family, fragment, funeral, funeral decoration, funerary object, history, mythology, non-Christian religion, offspring, religion, rite, society, supernatural
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