Falcon head, fitting from furniture or shrine

Unknown

ca. 712–343 B.C. · Cupreous metal · Egyptian Art

This falcon head is an attachment that would have been part of a larger, more imposing piece of cult equipment, possibly part of a piece of furniture, a shrine..

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 712–343 B.C.

Medium

Cupreous metal

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941