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Boar Protome
This object was probably a decorative fitting. It depicts the protome (foreparts) of a boar. The boar has a long snout, and the lower tusks are indicated. The forelimbs of the boar are bent anc close to the head. Rough hair is shown on the neck and limbs.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Asia Minor]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Asia Minor (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
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.
54.868