SculptureEgyptian7th-6th century BCE
Coiled Snake on a Coffin
mid 7th-late 6th century BCE
Dimensions
3.7 x 3.2 x 6 cm (1 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1920. Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
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