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  • The Reeve Bequest
    • 1870 – Yale Scientific Expedition
      • Granite from the extreme of Glacier Rock – Yosemite National Park, California
      • Red Moss – Yosemite National Park, California
      • Moss Agate – Montgomery Bluff, Colorado
    • 1887 – Trip to Italy
      • Mortar from the Cell Where Marino Faliero Was Confined before His Execution
      • Stones from the Interior of the Lion’s Mouth – Venice, Italy
      • Mortar from Wall of Savonorola’s Cell – Florence
      • Mosaic Tessera from Floor – Pompeii, Italy
    • 1888 – Trip to Mexico and the Caribbean
      • Seed Cells of Eucalyptus Trees – Chapultepec, Mexico
      • Iron from the Disintegrating Cannons at El Morro Fortress – Havana Cuba
    • 1889-1890 – Grand Tour of the Eastern Mediterranean
      • Stone from the Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan – Cairo
      • Fragments of Alabaster from the Tomb of the Mamelukes, Mosque of Muhammed Ali – Cairo, Eygpt
      • Stones from the Queens Chamber, Great Pyramid, Wall Fragments, Kings Chamber, Great Pyramid – Giza Egypt; Tomb of Diana, Beni-Hassan, Egypt
      • Stones and Fossils from the Head of the Sphinx – Giza, Egypt
      • Mummy Bones – Egypt
      • Fragment from the Stone on which the Hieroglyphics are Carved in the Treasure Passage – Denderah, Egypt
      • Scale from One of the Candles in the Tomb of Saladin – Damascus
      • Mosaic from Ceiling of Mosque of Hagia Sophia – Istanbul, Turkey
      • Mosaics from the Convent of Daphne – on the Road from Athens to Eleusis, Greece
    • 1892 – Humanitarian Mission to Russia
      • Lebeda Flour Made during the Famine in 1892. Tula District – Bogoroditsk
      • Famine Bread from the Estate of A. Bobrinskaya – Bogoroditsk, Russia
      • Corn from Odessa. Issued in Tula during the Great Famine in 1892.
      • Thread from Bed-Hanging of Tzar Alexis – Moscow, Russia
      • Yarn from Bath used by Peter the Great; Satin from the Private Dining Room of Fredrick the Great; Piece of the Carriage Alex I of Russia
      • Chestnuts and Silk from Voltaire’s Paper Basket – Sans Souci, Germany
      • Chips from Interior Columns of Cologne Cathedral – Germany
    • Family and Personal Heirlooms
      • Stone Chips from the Bunker Hill Monument
      • Sand from the Tomb of Elihu Yale
      • Nail Fragment from the Beauchamp Tower – Tower of London
  • The Edgar Banks Collection
    • 1948.043 – Statuette in the form of an Ibis
    • 1958.015 – Scarab Beetle
    • 1958.016 – Scarab Beetle with Eye of Horus
    • 1958.018 – Mummiform Shabti Figurine
    • 1958.019 – Scarab Beetle Attachment
    • 1958.020 – Anubis Attachment
    • 1958.021 – Shabti Figurine
    • 1958.022 – Shabti Figurine
    • 1958.024 – Sistrum (Rattle) in the form of Hathor
    • 1958.025 – Horus Falcon
    • 1958.029 – Statuette of the Dwarf-god Pataikos
    • 1958.041.001 – Furniture Attachment in the form of the Set Animal (Ichneumon)
    • 1958.041.002 – Furniture Attachment in the form of the Set Animal (Ichneumon)
    • 1958.042 – Statuette of a Priest or Scribe
    • 1958.046 – Amulet in the form of Ta-Weret
    • 1958.050 – Votive Cone with Inscription of Gudea of Lagash

1948.043 – Statuette in the form of an Ibis

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