Fake Scarab
Title
Fake Scarab
Description
A fake scarab with cartouche on the base acquired by GH Bourne in 1915 as an imitation item to send home to Australia. The current whereabouts of the artefact is unknown. Bourne acquired a series of genuine and imitation artefacts in Egypt which are listed in a letter from Bourne to his Mother in March 1915.
Creator
Date
AD 1900 - AD 1915
Type
Identifier
C.015.012
Coverage
Accrual Method
Provenance
Purchased by Maj. George Herbert Bourne, Egypt, Feb-Mar 1915.
Bibliographic Citation
Bourne, GH. (1915). OM68-25 George Herbert Bourne Papers 1846-195. State Library of Queensland, Brisbane. OM68-25-14
Relation
P.015
Contributor
Mr James Donaldson
Collection
Citation
Modern (Egyptian), “Fake Scarab,” First World War Antiquities, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ww1antiquities.omeka.net/items/show/143.
Comments