Spoon with Animals
This miniature spoon with a double-curved end is decorated with a grazing boar on a plinth shown in relief. Over the bowl, a gazelle's head with large eyes is seen "en face" in relief.Spoons are common in the Predynastic period, but the figures carved on this piece are unusual...
Artifact
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id
21870
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contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.607_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.607_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.607_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.607 |
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