id: 102387
accession number: 1921.1030
share license status: CC0
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1030
updated: 2025-04-16 18:09:33.116000
Heart Scarab of Nefer, 1540–1296 BCE. Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18. Graywacke; overall: 2.9 x 5.7 x 7.6 cm (1 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund 1921.1030
title: Heart Scarab of Nefer
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creation date: 1540–1296 BCE
creation date earliest: -1540
creation date latest: -1296
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creditline: The Charles W. Harkness Endowment Fund
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culture: Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18
technique: graywacke
department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection: Egypt - New Kingdom
type: Scarabs
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measurements: Overall: 2.9 x 5.7 x 7.6 cm (1 1/8 x 2 1/4 x 3 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession
opening date: 2023-04-01T04:00:00
Egyptomania: Fashion’s Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, State Theatre, 28 September-16 October 1922, publicity campaign', 'opening_date': '1922-09-28T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Formerly in the collection of William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney, Didlington Hall, Norfolk; sold: Amherst Sale, lot 597. Purchased through Howard Carter
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CITATIONS
"Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 8, no. 9 (1921): 138-41.
page number: Mentioned: p. 138
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136519
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 525
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1030/1921.1030_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1030/1921.1030_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1921.1030/1921.1030_full.tif