The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 13, 2025

Figurine

700s-900s
carved bone
Overall: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Gift of Edward Gans 1962.346
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Each earlobe is pierced. One is empty, while the other is filled with a substance which has turned the adjacent surface green.
  • Ernst Herzfeld (1879–1948)
    ?–1962
    Edward Gans [1887–1987?], Berkeley, CA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1962–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1962.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 49, no. 9 (November 1962): 199–227. Mentioned: no. 151, p. 227 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1962.346