Weapons and AmmunitionRoman2nd century CE
Knife Handle in the Shape of the Foreparts of a Dog
2nd century CE
Dimensions
1.6 x 1.3 x 8.6 cm (5/8 x 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.)
Provenance
[Gallery Gunter Puhze, Freiburg, West Germany, 1984[ sold; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University (1984-2012), transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2012.
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