Hand

1580-1085 BCE (New Kingdom) H: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Citation Source image

This fragment of a well-known type of sppon (ointment or eye-paint container) is in the shape of a left hand supporting a shell. The long, thin fingers are unarticulated. The thumb and tips of the fingers are missing, but there is a deep indentation in the palm. There is a dow...

Artifact

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32351
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[Old number: ""1230""]; MacGregor Collection, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, lot 679; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Medium
bone
Genre
spoons

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