Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1781-1853)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.4
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Relic from Temple of Edfu
Object Number:
Z.1801
Date:
1500-500 B.C.
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 x 3 in. ( 2.5 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Marks:
handwritten: on adhesive label attached to object: "TEMPLE OF EDFU/6 2 96/STRAUSS"
Description:
Section of turned red earthenware pottery vase, taken from Temple of Edfu in 1896.
Gallery Label:
This pottery fragment was probably a souvenir collected by American tourists visiting sites of ancient Egypt around the turn of the century.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
