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Dog
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This figure of a reclining short-tailed dog (seluki (?)) with ears perked is schematically carved. The eyes are shown in relief. The piece is perforated horizontally through the belly; another hole leads from this perforation to the base.
Provenance
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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.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 3/4 x W: 1/2 x D: 3/16 in. (4.4 x 1.29 x 0.48 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.
71.523