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Fossil crab
Egyptian
Unknown
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Diameter x length: 5.0 x 9.0 cm (1 15/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4828
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ClassificationsUnclassifiable objects – Specimens
DescriptionFossilized crab turned to limestone
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.