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| Keywords: Egyptian - Lioness Game Piece - Walters 71623 - Three Quarter Right.jpg Ivory was used from predynastic times forward to create luxurious practical objects such as combs hair pins amulets spoons and knife handles Drenkhahn 1986 Around 3000-2900 BC a distinctive class of ivory objects--gaming pieces in the form of animals--emerged These small statuettes represent recumbent lions both male and female and hounds The broad collar and absence of a mane indicate that the subject of the piece illustrated here is a female lion; the rectangular pectoral on the figure's breast is the result of modern recarving and the high polish was not original to the figure Such a figurine was probably used in the game of Mehen coiled one played on a round board in the form of a coiled serpent with a trapeziodal projection The game was popular until the end of the Old Kingdom ca 2850 BC Archaic hippopotamus ivory cm 2 9 5 24 2 35 accession number 71 623 37902 Arthur Sambon Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1926 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1926 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Abydos present-day El Balyana Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Board game pieces in Ancient Egypt Works of the Egyptian protodynastic period Mehen game in Ancient Egypt | ||||
