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About: Sedan Chair of Queen Hetep-heres
Attributes

Culture:

Pharaonic

Technique:

Assembled
Gilded

Style:

Old Kingdom

Materials:

Gold
Wood
Ebony
Type

Type:

Carrying Chair
Map

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Location: 

Egyptian Museum

Created: 

Governorate of Giza (including Memphis)
Timeline

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Created: 

4th Dynasty

Acquired: 

1925 AD
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Crafts
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Location:

Egyptian Museum
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Glossary

chased: 

the ornamented surface of a metal that has been decorated by indenting and so raising the design, without cutting into it

ebony: 

Hard black heartwood of certain tropical African trees.

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