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| Keywords: Egyptian - Falcon Shaped Horus - Walters 571433 - Left.jpg The falcon god Horus represented the sky and was also associated with kingship from the late 4th millennium This small falcon figure is made from gold and has a silver double-crown which stands for Upper and Lower Egypt attached ca 1070 525 BC Third Intermediate-Late Period gold silver cm 2 8 1 26 2 66 accession number 57 1433 13155 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Through Ancient Eyes Portraiture in Ancient Egypt Birmingham Museum of Art Birmingham 1988 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
