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The original painting is still clearly recognisable on the wooden figure in the shape of the Achom falcon, the beak and eyes especially have been prominently emphasised in black. The breast is white, the wings are red. The crouching Achom falcon originally served as an attachment for a coffin or a shabti-box. This is confirmed by a spile hole on the underside. Achom refers to the cultic image of a crouching falcon, which can be interpreted as a representative of the four sons of Horus or possibly of the god of the dead, Sokar. Characteristic for an Achom-falcon its "supreme, imminent force, which is similar to the swoop of a bird of prey". The wooden falcon arrived in Freiburg in 1912 as a gift from the Cairo-based engineer, Alfred Sachs.