Copper alloy cast birds foot, with a tang at the top of the leg and underneath the foot. Although it is not clear what object this would have come from, it is possible that it would have been part of a larger votive statuette of an ibis bird, such as E.205.1954
Bird's foot
Height: 0.07 m
Method of acquisition: Given (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Accession number: E.GA.3409.1943
Primary reference Number: 57837
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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