Miniature Coffin and Sokar Figure

1973.1.94

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Miniature coffin and falcon headed figure, possibly representing the god Sokar. Traces of resin, linen and cartonnage on the figure. Auction sticker on the base: "176/4". Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 103740; purchased at Messrs. Fosters, London, 19 February 1931 lot. 176/4: “A quadruple Egyptian Kohl vase, a pottery vase, and a clay model of mummified hawk, in coffin”. CONDITION NOTE 1998: Surface loss, black speckled residue on surface, surface dirt.