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Accession_Number 2009.9.42
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Latex
Fabric
Fabric_description Red
Munsell_color
Decoration A monster with a female human head and the body of a spider, holding a cobra in each hand. Cast number: 56
Inscriptions
Condition Intact
Technique/Style
Provenance
Period
Date
Dating_details
Artist
Attribution
Image

2019.08.0179.jpg
Front view of a gem cast showing a creature with a female human head and the body of a spider, holding a cobra in each hand.
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Archive_Ref
Beazley_DB
Height
Diameters
Handle_height
Other_dims. H 1.7 W 1.2
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Joana Varela
Date_edited 01/09/2009; 06.04.2017
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