Dog
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
The figure has been used as a game piece. This one has lost its tail. Game pieces such as this (usually figures of lions and dogs) were popular from the prehistoric period to the early Old Kingdom.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
MacGregor [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; MacGregor Sale, London, 1922, p. 93, no. 708 [as ivory]; 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.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11/16 x W: 5/16 x D: 1 5/8 in. (1.82 x 0.72 x 4.06 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
22.220