1920.44.285: Handle of Instrument with Monkey Statuette
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1920.44.285
- Title
- Handle of Instrument with Monkey Statuette
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, statuette
- Date
- Unidentified century
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
- Period
- Modern
- Culture
- Unidentified culture
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/304060
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Technique
- Cast
- Dimensions
- 9.2 x 2.3 cm (3 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
-
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.
Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
- Accession Year
- 1920
- Object Number
- 1920.44.285
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Statuette of a monkey (or, less likely, a baboon) mounted on a small handle for some sort of implement, perhaps a blade or cosmetic applicator. The monkey stands with knees bent. His left arm is against his body, holding the strap of a bag on his back. In his right arm, which hangs by his side, he holds a situla or bucket. The base of the handle curves upwards in two volutes.
Verification Level
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