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Ivory game stick: E.97.1937

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Object information

Current Location: Gallery 19

Titles

Ivory game stick

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Description

Spoon handle or gaming stick, in the form of a ram's head (possibly ibex)

Legal notes

The Ricketts and Shannon Collection. Bequeathed by Charles Shannon, 1937

Measurements and weight

Height: 13.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1937) by Shannon, Charles Haslewood

Dating

New Kingdom
Eighteenth Dynasty
Circa -1550 - Circa -1295

Materials used in production

Ivory

Techniques used in production

Carved

References and bibliographic entries

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.97.1937
Primary reference Number: 53662
Oldadmincategory: W
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 10 June 2022 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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