Hippopotamus
This animal with a hanging belly, short legs and tail, oval head, wide mouth, and large ears shown flat against the head is probably a hippopotamus. Details of the figure are partly modeled, partly incised. The right leg has been reattached.
Images (6)
Artifact
| id |
id
26697
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
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, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
6
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_71.527_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_71.527_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_71.527_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg |
| imageCount | 6 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.527 |
Terms
Medium
hippopotamus ivory
Relations
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