Palette in the Form of a Bird, Perhaps a Guinea Fowl

ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.

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Caption

Palette in the Form of a Bird, Perhaps a Guinea Fowl, ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.. Graywacke, shell or bone, black paste, 7 1/2 x 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (19 x 0.7 x 28.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 76.7. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Palette in the Form of a Bird, Perhaps a Guinea Fowl

Date

ca. 3500–3300 B.C.E.

Period

Predynastic Period, Naqada II Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Graywacke, shell or bone, black paste

Classification

Cosmetic

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (19 x 0.7 x 28.5 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

76.7

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