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Faience hedgehog
Egyptian
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12
1991–1783 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height x length x width: 2 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm (13/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1119
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFaience; head and under parts light blue-green glaze, back darker. The back is covered with a series of small holes, as if for the insertiion of quills. Nose battered.
ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 19, pit B. May, 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1920: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)
(Accession Date: March 1, 1920)