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| Keywords: Greek - Crouching Women Playing Knucklebones - Walters 48303, 48304 - Group.jpg The maidens are playing an ancient form of jacks known as astragalus knucklebones a game in which five small animal bones were tossed into the air and caught on the back of the hand The grouping of separate statuettes is almost unknown before Hellenistic times when artists became fascinated both by the interaction of figures and by the challenge of representing complex poses such as this crouching stance ca 330 100 BC Hellenistic terracotta cm 14 5 10 7 6 7 accession number 48 303 48 304 77404 Hirsch Sale June 30-July 2 1921 no 132 Arthur Sambon Paris 1924 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Knucklebones in art | ||||
