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Title:

Five statuettes, exhibited in the Social Science Hall are the oldest ever found in Asia, dating from about 3,000 B.C.

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0003_00087_002.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3x63b56n

Type:

Image

Caption:

These five statuettes, exhibited on the upper floor of the Social Science Hall are the oldest ever found in Asia, dating from about 3,000 B.C. The Oriental Institute is exhibiting them to the public for the first time at the World's Fair; they were evacuated early this year at the site of ancient cities of Eshnunna and Opis. Above photograph shows Miss P. McLaughlin, Cincinnati artist, and L. Stienes, of Fairmont, Nebraska, viewing the primitive subjects.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Figurines

Sculpture

Subject--Name:

University of Chicago. Oriental Institute

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

7.5 x 9.5 in.

Building Name:

Social Science Hall

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

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Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

3

Folder:

87

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.