Keywords: Egyptian - Male Dwarf and Child - Walters 71533 - Top.jpg A bearded dwarf with pudgy nose and elongated head covered with short curls is shown on his hands and knees holding a child The child's hand is preserved on the left side of the face of the dwarf but its arms and head are missing There is an unnatural protrusion from the stomach of the dwarf A perforation from the back to the groin suggests that this piece may have been part of a mechanical toy ca 3500 BC Predynastic Egypt hippopotamus ivory cm 2 6 5 29 1 12 accession number 71 533 19073 Old number 3585 MacGregor Collection cat 1922 p 93 no 712 pl XXIV Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1923 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Egyptian predynastic art in the Walters Art Museum |