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Source Description
This crudely carved figure of a seated monkey, perhaps a baboon has traces of crossed lines on the base, and was probably used as a seal.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
32109
label
Baboon (?)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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5
Source metadata
id
32109
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Baboon (?)
description
This crudely carved figure of a seated monkey, perhaps a baboon has traces of crossed lines on the base, and was probably used as a seal.
provenance
MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, 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.
date
mid 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
figurines
seals
imageCount
5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2
height
0.1
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 3/4 x W: 1/16 x D: 5/16 in. (1.95 x 0.1 x 0.75 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
monkey molar
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2513
Page inventory
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