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Source Description
This figure of a hippopotamus has a platform on its back. The hooves are indicated schematically. A ridge suggests the eyes. File marks remain on the surface of the dense ivory. There are some cracks and the snout is partly broken off.The style of the carving is unusual. The platform here may imitate the hollowed projections for ointments on the backs of other hippopotamuses of the period.
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Document identity
localId
12261
label
Hippopotamus
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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6
Source metadata
id
12261
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Hippopotamus
description
This figure of a hippopotamus has a platform on its back. The hooves are indicated schematically. A ridge suggests the eyes. File marks remain on the surface of the dense ivory. There are some cracks and the snout is partly broken off.The style of the carving is unusual. The platform here may imitate the hollowed projections for ointments on the backs of other hippopotamuses of the period.
provenance
MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [lot 708]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
figurines
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6
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6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.2
height
1.3
depth
3.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 7/8 x W: 1/2 x D: 1 3/8 in. (2.22 x 1.27 x 3.49 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Predynastic
med
hippopotamus ivory
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6182
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PRE
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none
Page inventory
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