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Snake Goddess
(Ancient Greece )
This statue of a snake goddess has been carved with a drill and flat chisel. The upper part is dowelled into the lower. The goddess wears a tall headdress with a snake wound around it. Her hands are pierced to hold snakes. The headdress is broken off and the upper part has been repaired. The lower part has been restored with plaster. The joining method, style, and material make the authenticity of this piece doubtful.
Provenance
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Leon Gruel, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2018 | Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963 - 2016. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; The Met Breuer, New York. |
Geographies
Greece, Crete (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall H: 11 × W: 4 1/2 × D: 4 in. (27.94 × 11.43 × 10.16 cm); H of upper part: 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm); H of lower part: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
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.
23.196