Handle with Land and Water Birds
This handle of a knife or other implement is decorated with deeply incised birds. Four appear on each side: on the convex front, a duck, a swallow, and two wading birds; on the flat back, two songbirds, a grouse, and a duck. They are divided by highly stylized plants, includin...
Artifact
| id |
id
13595
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.603_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.603_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_71.603_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.603 |
Terms
Medium
stained fossilized bone