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arched sistrum

An item at Louvre

cat (lying down, above); duck head Decoration: horns; double feather (Isiac hairstyle on the sides of the hanger; ends of the movable rods in the shape of a duck's head)

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

An exhibit at Louvre

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The collections of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities present the civilization that evolved on the banks of the Nile, from the end of Prehistory (around 4,000 BCE) to the Christian era (from the 4th century CE).