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Source Description
This figure of a reclining short-tailed dog (seluki (?)) with ears perked is schematically carved. The eyes are shown in relief. The piece is perforated horizontally through the belly; another hole leads from this perforation to the base.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21078
label
Dog
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
6
Source metadata
id
21078
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dog
description
This figure of a reclining short-tailed dog (seluki (?)) with ears perked is schematically carved. The eyes are shown in relief. The piece is perforated horizontally through the belly; another hole leads from this perforation to the base.
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 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
second half 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
game pieces
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6
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6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4.4
height
1.3
depth
0.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 3/4 x W: 1/2 x D: 3/16 in. (4.4 x 1.29 x 0.48 cm)
Source extras
med
hippopotamus ivory
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
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none
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