Carved wooden ape, with seal or inscription on base, holes at the back for suspension (with string present), vertical crack on back. The 'inscription' features a water/'n' sign atop two monkeys facing each other. Probably not ancient.
Baboon (?), with inscription on base
Height: 3.7 cm
Width: 2.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry
Very unlikely, appears as wood. Ivory
Accession number: E.19.1932
Primary reference Number: 52750
Oldadmincategory: W
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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