Head of a Syrian
This is the pouring element that would have been attached to a horn-shaped vessel for perfume or medicine. The head with curved nose, fleshy chin, and a plain wig is carefully carved. The head may represent a Syrian. The band around the back of the wig is unusual. This may be...
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Artifact
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27531
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object
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normalized
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provenance
[Said to be from the pyramids]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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2
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_71.508_Fnt_BW_C82.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.508 |
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Medium
hippopotamus ivory
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