the Hauges assembled over two decades of what former Freer Gallery of Art director Harold Stern described in 1957 as "without doubt one of the finest private collections in the world"
"Pre-Dynastic and Archaic Egypt in the Brooklyn Museum" (1984) page 217 no
Goanna Ancestors are part of the Creation mythology of the desert landscape
for the female Osiris Meret-Amun
restrung and separated by antique 18K gold spacers
A large Amlash terracotta Zoomorphic Quadruped, ca. early 1st millennium BCE Vessels - Bronze the Hauges assembled over twoStanding on four legs, with a long low body, stubby tail, tall upright neck, bird like head with ears on either side behind the round eyes, and a mane running down the back of the head and neck. Decorated with circles engraved on the wide flat chest, as well as two diagonal lines running up the chest to a linear zigzag around the neck. Dimensions: Height: 14 1 2 inches (36. 8 cm), Width: 9 inches (22. 8 cm) Condition: With minor losses to the