Pendant or Amulet in the shape of a Composite Animal
Unidentified Near Eastern maker
about 2700 BCE
Stone, probably serpentine
Overall: 9/16 × 2 3/16 × 1 7/16 in. (1.4 × 5.5 × 3.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of the Class of 1962
990.15.27082
Geography
Place Made: West Asia, Asia
Period
3000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Personal Symbol: Amulet
Research Area
Near East
Not on view
Provenance
Bernheimers' Antique Arts; sold to Virginia Williamson, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1981; given to present collection, 1990.
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