Mold for Making a Benu Bird
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Caption
Mold for Making a Benu Bird, Soft limestone, 4 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 1 7/16 in. (11.5 × 14.1 × 3.6 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, 16.128.
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Title
Mold for Making a Benu Bird
Dynasty
Dynasty 26, or later
Period
Late Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Soft limestone
Classification
Dimensions
4 1/2 × 5 9/16 × 1 7/16 in. (11.5 × 14.1 × 3.6 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
16.128
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