Title
Creation Date
9th-10th centuries
Culture
Fatimid
Medium
Bone
Dimensions
2 in.
Credit Line
Bequest of David P. Harris ('46), 2020
Accession Number
2020.177
Description
A similar object at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan (1969.2.93) was found in Fustat, Egypt (Old Cairo). For a color image, see Christine Gruber, ed., The Image Debate: Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World (London: Gingko, 2019), p. 22, fig. 12.
Provenance
Purchased from Tetragon, London, in 1992. From a French collection of the mid-19th century.
Collection
The Islamic World
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