Small, delicately carved scarab resembling a beetle with a pale hue.

Scarab

Egypt, African

unknown

  • Titles Scarab (Descriptive)
  • Medium bone
  • Credit Line Gift of Ms. Marian Crawford, 1975.35
  • Object Name scarab
  • Classification Sculpture
  • On View

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