158: Carvings in Ivory and Bone

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/18
Level Item
Dimensions 74 x 56.5 cm
Scope and Content Card base with nine pieces of paper attached; labelled with the pasted letters a-h, with b applying to two in the top right corner. The number 158 has been inked in the lower left corner. The images, except that labelled f (1936/01/05/18/07) have later annotations in pencil beside them, giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Plaques for Fibulae (a,b) in the form of eagles: before 700 B.C. c. Griffin's head, originally attached to some object. d. Plaque with relief of chariot and horses; of bone, unfinished, after 600 B.C. e. Sphinx: compare originals in Case B. f. Chariot drawn by winged horses in relief; below them is a dog; after 600 B.C. g. Lion, in relief, of bone. h. Fragments of bone flutes."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [BSA SPHS/1/6831.C6840], Plaster cast of the Spartan warrior known as 'Leonidas' in the gallery space at the 1936 Exhibition, Burlington House, London, 1936