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Handle of Instrument with Monkey Statuette
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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.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
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).
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of the Misses Norton
Title: Handle of Instrument with Monkey Statuette
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.
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