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Source Description
This crudely carved figure of a dog (?) crouching with forepaws on the ground, head up, and ears perked is probably a game piece.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
799
label
Dog (?)
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
5
Source metadata
id
799
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dog (?)
description
This crudely carved figure of a dog (?) crouching with forepaws on the ground, head up, and ears perked is probably a game piece.
provenance
MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [lot 708]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 4th millennium BCE (Predynastic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
game pieces
figurines
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5
pageCount
5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.6
height
1.1
depth
0.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 x W: 7/16 x D: 1/8 in. (2.55 x 1.05 x 0.28 cm)
Source extras
med
hippopotamus ivory
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
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