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- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- ivory; wood
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0076
- Description
- Ten small flat ivory figures (household gods?) delicately carved front and back (each aprrox. 3 cm. high), attached to stepped pyrimidal brown wood base by a small wooden dowel in the base of each figure then through a small hole in wood. Each figure seems to be a different personification of a my…
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- Title
- Group Figurine
- Date
- 1925 – 1935
- Material
- ivory; wood
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 4.6 x 9.5 cm
- Description
- Ten small flat ivory figures (household gods?) delicately carved front and back (each aprrox. 3 cm. high), attached to stepped pyrimidal brown wood base by a small wooden dowel in the base of each figure then through a small hole in wood. Each figure seems to be a different personification of a mythological figure (mermaid, turtle, bull,...) holding a weapon or instrument. The stepped wooden base is one piece except for the highest step which is attached separately to the back.
- Subject
- households
- myths
- collectables
- souvenirs
- Credit
- Gift of Pearl Evelyn Moore, Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 107.01.0076
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