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Scarab

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Collection Type

  • Relics and souvenirs

Date

1875-1899

GUSN

GUSN-72843

Description

Lt brown; insect body; hieroglyphics

Details

Descriptive Terms

scarabs (sculpture)
stoneware (pottery)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
insect
Stoneware
Insect
RELIC, RELIGIOUS

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.375 x 2.75 x 2.125 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.4616

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