Sculpture
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Carved wooden sculpture of three animals, possibly a dog. Made from one block of wood. The sculpture has retained traces of paint. In Greek and Roman mythology, Cerberus is a three headed dog that guards the gates to Hades. Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributres this piece to the 16th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0999
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 1088
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0999
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 22.5 cm x 24.5 cm x 15 cm; 8 7/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 5 7/8 in