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Source Description
The peaked cap suggests that the dancer is a mime who wears the traditional headdress of a clown or buffoon. This figure may represent an individual with the characteristics of dwarfism.
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Document identity
localId
31740
label
Dancing Figure, Possibly with Dwarfism
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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9
Source metadata
id
31740
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dancing Figure, Possibly with Dwarfism
description
The peaked cap suggests that the dancer is a mime who wears the traditional headdress of a clown or buffoon. This figure may represent an individual with the characteristics of dwarfism.
provenance
S. Pozzi Collection Sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1919, no. 420; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1919, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd century BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
figurines
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9
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9
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.4
height
4
depth
3.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/2 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1 5/16 in. (11.4 x 4 x 3.3 cm)
Source extras
med
cast bronze with silver inlay
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
GRC
exhibition_ids
2237
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