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Source Description
This stylized figure of a seated baboon shows a pronounced jaw and bulging eyes. There are geometric patterns on the base of the piece which was possibly used as a seal.
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Document identity
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15074
label
Baboon
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
id
15074
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Baboon
description
This stylized figure of a seated baboon shows a pronounced jaw and bulging eyes. There are geometric patterns on the base of the piece which was possibly used as a seal.
provenance
MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, 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
seals
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
1.8
height
0.9
depth
0.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 11/16 x W: 3/8 (1.77 x 0.93 x 0.07 cm)
Source extras
med
monkey molar
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
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