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Baboon
mid 7th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)
cast bronze
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This seated baboon wears cow horns and sun disk.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters , Baltimore, by 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
with base: H: 8 7/16 × W: 3 3/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (21.5 × 8.1 × 9 cm)
without: H: 6 5/8 × W: 2 3/4 × D: 2 11/16 in. (16.8 × 7 × 6.9 cm)
base: H: 2 5/8 × W: 3 3/16 × D: 3 9/16 in. (6.6 × 8.1 × 9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, by 1931
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.
54.501