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Source Description
This small figure displays a standing hippopotamus. Figures such as this may have been votives.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
8226
label
Hippopotamus
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
7
Source metadata
id
8226
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Hippopotamus
description
This small figure displays a standing hippopotamus. Figures such as this may have been votives.
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, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 4000-3500 BCE (Predynastic; Naqada I)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
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imageCount
7
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7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
2.4
height
1.5
depth
4.1
dimensionsRaw
H: 15/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (2.35 x 1.47 x 4.13 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
style
Naqada I
dynasty
Predynastic
med
hippopotamus ivory
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
PRE
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215
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