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Source Description
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, including papyrus. The top is incised with a star.The handle, stained brown, is drilled for a circular tang, and has a large chip at the opening. It has been broken in half and repaired.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
13595
label
Handle with Land and Water Birds
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
13595
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Handle with Land and Water Birds
description
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, including papyrus. The top is incised with a star.The handle, stained brown, is drilled for a circular tang, and has a large chip at the opening. It has been broken in half and repaired.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th-6th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
handles
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/16 in. (10.3 cm)
Source extras
med
stained fossilized bone
creator_ids
6182
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MED
ROM
exhibition_ids
3009
Single page context
seq
1
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0
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photo
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71946829a600dadf