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Egyptian
Scarab, between 1640 and 1532 BCE
faience
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Artist Egyptian
Title
  • Scarab
Date between 1640 and 1532 BCE
Medium Faience
Credit Line Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession Number F1989.79
Department Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
Not On View
Provenance
1990-present, found in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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