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Source Description
This statuette of a dog eating the head of an animal is carved in the round. It is broken off through the body of the dog. There is a hole drilled in the broken end. The piece was probably used as a handle.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
18809
label
Dog Eating the Head of an Animal
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
18809
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Dog Eating the Head of an Animal
description
This statuette of a dog eating the head of an animal is carved in the round. It is broken off through the body of the dog. There is a hole drilled in the broken end. The piece was probably used as a handle.
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
300 BC-146 BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
handles
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
L: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Source extras
med
gray and blue stone
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
81ee64de35095d16