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Wood and bone box: E.22.1921

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Current Location: Gallery 19

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Wood and bone box

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Description

Wooden box, decorated with strips of bone.

Measurements and weight

Depth: 11 cm
Width: 14 cm

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1921) by British School of Archaeology

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
-1479 - -1425

Components of the work

Strips composed of bone

Materials used in production

Wood

Techniques used in production

Inlaid

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.22.1921
Primary reference Number: 52038
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 November 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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