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Source Description
This piece adopts the traditional Near Eastern image of a nude female figure, holding her breasts in her hands. Cock heads sprout from each shoulder.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
23897
label
Female Fertility Finial
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
6
Source metadata
id
23897
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Female Fertility Finial
description
This piece adopts the traditional Near Eastern image of a nude female figure, holding her breasts in her hands. Cock heads sprout from each shoulder.
provenance
[Found in Nevahend, Persia (?)]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
8th-7th century BCE (Iron Age)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
finials
imageCount
6
pageCount
6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.5
height
5.3
depth
2
dimensionsRaw
5 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 13/16 in. (14.5 x 5.3 x 2 cm)
Source extras
med
cast bronze
creator_ids
6747
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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