EGYPT
Human-headed hawk
Roman Period 30 BCE-395 CE

Medium
wood, gesso, pigment

Measurements
7.5 × 2.6 × 4.9 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881

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Gallery location
Not on display

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Place/s of Execution
Egypt

Accession Number
D149-1994

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Small wooden figure of a hawk with a female head. Originally covered in gesso and painted but most of this gone. Traces of black and red paint visible. Wood is worn and broken in places, particularly on the face and pedestal.

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EGYPT
Human-headed hawk
Roman Period 30 BCE-395 CE