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Spoon with Animals
This miniature spoon with a double-curved end is decorated with a grazing boar on a plinth shown in relief. Over the bowl, a gazelle's head with large eyes is seen "en face" in relief.
Spoons are common in the Predynastic period, but the figures carved on this piece are unusual. The animals may be related to the god Seth and the spoon may be some sort of medical-magical instrument.
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
L: 4 13/16 × W: 9/16 × D: 1/4 in. (12.2 × 1.5 × 0.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
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.
71.607