| Object Number | 29-221-553 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Egypt | Sudan |
| Culture Area | North Africa |
| Date Made | 1869-1870 |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Ostrich Egg Shell |
| Technique | Cameo |
| Description | triangular ostrich egg fragment; thick. figure at center seems to be a man headed four-legged, long tailed beast (sphinx?) who has a front arm holding a scimitar. A sun with a face and many rays comes out of his back. A bird flys over head. An open-mouthed animal rises from the center point at bottom. A standing man with no defined legs stands next to the scimitar. A decorative border is across the top, and the two sides have a (gilded?) band |
| Length | 9.5 cm |
| Width | 8 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
| Other Number | 553 - Sommerville Number |
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