Art Institute of Chicago
Amulet of a Falcon-Headed God
EgyptianLinkedCulture matchlcp-b3f2759025d0
- Date
- Late Period, Dynasty 25–30 (780–343 BCE)
- Medium
- Glass
- Culture
- Egypt
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 136235
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- Credit line
- Gift of Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
- Provenance
- Émile Brugsch (1842-1930), Bulaq Museum and Egyptian Antiquities Service, Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1893; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1893.
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- Object type
- AAT300209261
Part of LinkedCulture topics
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