A funerary ornament fashioned from wood, representing a winged scarab beetle. The entire surface is heavily darkened and patinated, featuring a central beetle painted a deep, obscured green or black, with outstretched wings detailed in dark red and black pigments to simulate ancient paint. The reverse of the ornament is flat, exposing the wood grain covered with a thin, irregular light wash. The wings terminate in swept, pointed tips, exhibiting a fluid, crescent curve. This object is possibly as a modern forgery, likely manufactured during the early twentieth century. During this period, the booming global market for Egyptian antiquities drove a highly sophisticated industry of replicas and counterfeits, often produced by skilled local workshops in Egypt to satisfy travelers and early collectors. An authentic ancient counterpart from the Roman Period (e.g., EC292) would have been attached to a rectangular wooden coffin to invoke the daily rebirth of the solar god Khepri.