Man and Child Group

ca. 3750-3250 BCE (Predynastic)

5.3 cm 2.6 cm 1.1 cm

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A bearded male figure, possibly depicted with characteristics of dwarfism, is shown on his hands and knees holding a child. The man has a pudgy nose and elongated head covered with short curls.The child's hand is preserved on the left side of the face of the man, but its arms...

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19073
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[Old number 3585]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, p 93, no. 712, pl. XXIV; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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