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Accession_Number 2009.8.34
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Plaster
Fabric
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Munsell_color
Decoration A woman with wings, holding a twig in one hand. A snake is curled up to her feet. Probably Nike. There is an inscription on the bottom. Cast number: 97
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Condition Intact
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Front view of a gem cast showing a clothed woman with wings facing right, probably either Nike or Psyche, pulling her dress off of her chest in her right hand and dangling a branch in her left hand, towards the...
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Other_dims. H 3.2 W 2.2
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Laura
Date_edited 11/08/2009;4.8.2016
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