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Vase in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her Offspring

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Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) paint, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6
Rights: Public Domain
Egyptian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Purchase Joseph Pulitzer Bequest Fletcher Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Russell and Judy Carson William Kelly Simpson and Vaughn Foundation Gifts in honor of Henry George Fischer 1992
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Title: Vase in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her Offspring
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Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) paint, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6.

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