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Model shield (now attached to 21.803)

Egyptian

Middle Kingdom

Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Tomb 10, Shaft A

Medium/Technique Wood

Dimensions Height: 15.3 cm (6 in.)

Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Accession Number21.935

ON VIEW
Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood Gallery (Gallery 119)

CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

ClassificationsModels

DescriptionWood coated with plaster and painted in black, white and orange.

ProvenanceFrom Deir el-Bersha. 1915: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.