About the Artwork
Scarab
ca. 1000 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Faience mounted in gold
Overall: 5/8 × 7/16 inches (1.6 × 1.1 cm)
Glyptic Art
African Art
Gift of Joan Ellenwood in memory of her mother, Mrs. Germaine dePons Jennings
77.47
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Princess Houda Sharoni Pasha. Joan Ellenwood
1977-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Scarab, ca. 1000 BCE, faience mounted in gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Joan Ellenwood in memory of her mother, Mrs. Germaine dePons Jennings, 77.47.
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