Lioness Game Piece
5.2 cm 2.9 cm 2.4 cm
Citation Source imageIvory was used, from predynastic times forward, to create luxurious practical objects such as combs, hair pins, amulets, spoons, and knife handles (Drenkhahn 1986). Around 3000-2900 BCE, a distinctive class of ivory objects--gaming pieces in the form of animals--emerged. These...
Artifact
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37902
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object
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normalized
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Arthur Sambon, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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1
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