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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .051 Length: .038 D.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4241
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipmentPainting

DescriptionWood; many traces of yellow on outside; hollow interior filled with ochre; one side badly split and piece missing.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.