159: Miscellaneous Small Ivory Carvings

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/19
Level Item
Dimensions 25.6 x 45.7 cm
Scope and Content Card base with eleven pieces of paper with illustrations on pasted on. Each piece has one illustration, except for the two in the centre of the top row (1936/01/05/16/02 and 03), which have 2 and 3 illustrations on, respectively. These are labelled a-e; none of the other images have individual labels. The number 159 is pasted in the lower left corner. Each image, except for that in the lower left corner (1936/01/05/19/05) has a later annotation in pencil beside it, giving bibliographic references. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Miscellaneous small ivory carvings: the following are noteworthy:- Ivory four-sided seal (a-e). These were mounted as pendants by the hole at the top: more often in bone than in ivory; about 700 B.C."
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