<em>Mold for Making a Benu Bird</em>. Limestone, 3 3/16 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 in. (8.1 × 9.4 × 1.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.126. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.126_view01.jpg)

Mold for Making a Benu Bird

Medium: Limestone

Geograhical Locations:

Egypt

Dimensions: 3 3/16 × 3 11/16 × 5/8 in. (8.1 × 9.4 × 1.6 cm)

Collections:

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Accession Number: 16.126

Image: CUR.16.126_view01.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Small limestone mould with sunk relief of a Benu bird (Phoenix) facing right. Details incised. Condition: Perfect.

Brooklyn Museum