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Carter No.: 578

Handlist description: Boat and pedestal (calcite)

Card/Transcription No.: 578-6


578 COLLARS and ARMLETS and wigs

<> B = blue faience C = calcite G = green faience blank = gold

gold collars on stem and stern of boat inlaid with faience and calcite as per diagram

<> armlets on figure of thin sheet-gold with bands of dark blue pigment

The wigs of both figures are minutely carved of a dark green-grey stone of hard nature

Card no. 578-6 relating to Carter no. 578
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