Bird palette

Museum number:
6-4746
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060004746
Alternate number:
TEMP 2015.0035 (temporary number, multiple cat #s (?))
Accession number:
Acc.54
Description:
Slate, bird shapped insets of small white shell discs; Predynastic tomb 8
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Tomb 7008 (8), Cemetery 7000, Naga-ed-Der
Verbatim coll. place:
C7000 T8 Cemetery 7000
Culture or time period:
Naqada II a
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1901-1903
Materials:
Slate (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Bird motifs and Cosmetic palettes
Accession date:
October 8, 1902
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 12.2 centimeters, height 0.4 centimeters, and width 7.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975), S1979-1980 #54: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (March 31, 1980–December 18, 1981), S1987-1988 #44: SFO Museum (June 23, 1988–August 25, 1988), S1988-1989 #7: SFO Museum (August 25, 1988–January 23, 1989), and S1995-1996 #8: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (October 1, 1995–November 1, 1996)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Bird palette, accession number 6-4746, described as Slate, bird shapped insets of small white shell discs; Predynastic tomb 8Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Bird palette, accession number 6-4746, described as Slate, bird shapped insets of small white shell discs; Predynastic tomb 8Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Bird palette, accession number 6-4746, described as Slate, bird shapped insets of small white shell discs; Predynastic tomb 8Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Bird palette, accession number 6-4746, described as Slate, bird shapped insets of small white shell discs; Predynastic tomb 8
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bird palette, accession number 6-4746, described as Slate, bird shapped insets of small white shell discs; Predynastic tomb 8

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