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Source Description

A male nude with arm raised over his head is carved from a convex section of bone. The figure was never polished and shows the surface marks of chisels and files. The panel is broken on the top right, lower right, and bottom.

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Document identity
localId
4010
label
Male Figure
core
obj
dtoType
object
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
4010
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Male Figure
description
A male nude with arm raised over his head is carved from a convex section of bone. The figure was never polished and shows the surface marks of chisels and files. The panel is broken on the top right, lower right, and bottom.
provenance
Raphael Stora, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1946, by purchase.
date
6th-7th century
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
plaques (flat objects)
fragments
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 13/16 in. (9.7 cm)
Source extras
style
Hellenistic
med
bone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
ROM
MED
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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1ccacb6eeaa33c05