Description
This stylized figure of a seated baboon shows a pronounced jaw and bulging eyes. There are geometric patterns on the base of the piece which was possibly used as a seal.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
10/08/1974
Treatment
cleaned
11/01/1978
Examination
examined for exhibition
Exhibitions
Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Provenance
MacGregor Collection [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, Sotheby, Wilkenson & Hodge, London, June 29, 1922, 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.