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Heart Scarab

1900–1913

Egypt, Probably a modern forgery

Medium
graywacke
Measurements
Overall: 2.8 x 4.8 cm (1 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.790
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print
A graywacke, a muted dark-green stone smoothed to a matte finish, depicts a beetle facing our right. Incised lines highlight the wings and a segmented head on its smooth, rounded back. At the front, several pointed, tooth-like notches sit above a small, centered circular hole. A thin horizontal groove runs around the base. Where the stone is carved or worn, it appears as a lighter, pale gray surface.

Heart Scarab

1900–1913

Egypt, Probably a modern forgery

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