Mold for Making a Benu Bird
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Caption
Mold for Making a Benu Bird, Limestone, 4 9/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (11.6 × 11.5 × 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.127.
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Title
Mold for Making a Benu Bird
Dynasty
Dynasty 26, or later
Period
Late Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Limestone
Classification
Dimensions
4 9/16 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (11.6 × 11.5 × 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.127
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