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| Keywords: Egyptian - Monkey Shaped Game Piece - Walters 71512.jpg This monkey seated with its right paw supporting its head left paw on the genitals is carefully designed to look as through it had been carved from an astragal knucklebone The prototypes for such objects were undoubtedly made from real astragals The shape and posture of the animal makes it likely that it was produced in Alexanderia century 3 1 BC Greco-Roman bone cm 2 75 1 13 0 87 accession number 71 512 11743 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 Number On old label 54 place of origin Alexandria Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Works of the Ptolemaic dynasty Egyptian Monkey Shaped Game Piece - Walters 71512 Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
