Human-headed hawk
Roman Period 30 BCE-395 CE

EGYPT

Medium: wood, gesso, pigment
Measurements: 7.5 × 2.6 × 4.9 cm
Place/s of Execution: Egypt
Accession Number: D149-1994
Department: Antiquities
Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by James E. Sherrard Esq., 1881
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Gallery location: Not on display
Physical description: Small wooden figure of a hawk with a female head. Originally covered in gesso and painted but most of this gone. Traces of black and red paint visible. Wood is worn and broken in places, particularly on the face and pedestal.