Layard Freedom Casket
London, United Kingdom
The British Museum
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A commemorative piece custom made to honour Austen Henry Layard. Layard was famous for excavating Nineveh. Closely modelled on the sculptures discovered by Layard.
"Layard Freedom Casket" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;46;en
MWNF Working Number: UK 046
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