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Toy: Dragon Nurse Figurine - 1

, 2018
This is a pewter dragon figurine dressed as a nurse holding a water bag and a teddy bear. The figurine appears to be a generic dragon figurine but shares some similarities to the Disney World Character Figment as seen in Epcot. The figure is also marked
Armstrong, Normadeane, Ph.D, A.N.P.
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The effect of addback statutes on CEO compensation

Accounting &Finance, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 793-818, March 2025.
Abstract Exploiting the adoption of addback statutes, which occurred at different times, as exogenous shocks to corporate taxable income, we examine the effect of tax policy changes on the compensation of chief executive officers (CEOs). We provide evidence that CEOs of firms headquartered in states affected by addback statutes experienced a decrease ...
Karel Hrazdil, Gerald Lobo, Ray Zhang, Weiji Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slučajni neobjavljeni arheološki nalazi sa prostora Srebrenice [PDF]

Historijska Misao, 2017
Along with archaeological finds discovered during systematic excavations, accidental finds are not uncommon in Srebrenica municipality. The objects presented here are such finds: a bronze figurine of the god Pan, a bronze anchor fibula, and silver coins.
Adnan Busuladžić
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Bringing artifacts (back) to life

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract Museums’ ethnographic collections can be conceptualized as affective forces—relational intensities that emerge between human and more‐than‐human actors, unfold over time, and are embedded in and co‐shape sociomaterial environments. Drawing on debates in the anthropology of objects and political ontology, I develop this perspective through long‐
Hansjörg Dilger
wiley   +1 more source

Cultura caballista

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract The world of Colombian gaited horses, or cultura caballista (horse‐riding culture), is often linked with uribismo, the right‐wing identity associated with former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez. Ethnographic fieldwork in conflict‐torn Antioquia reveals how horse‐human practices of training, breeding, and competition cultivate orientations toward ...
Gwen Burnyeat
wiley   +1 more source

Small figurine

, 1999
Small figurine.; Excavated from ESC #10; feature 39, Union Station area, Los Angeles, CA, 1989 ...

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An Inca silver figurine at National Museums Scotland: Technological study

Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2017
The hollow silver male miniature figurine from National Museums Scotland is one of the tallest specimens made in precious metals attributed to the Incas.
Lore Troalen, Maria Filomena Guerra
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From CT Scans to Morphable Digital Models: Methodologies for Revealing and Preserving the Internal Structures of Artistic Figurines

Heritage
The revelation of the internal structure of objects through computed tomography (CT scan) contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of their creation, the assessment of their preservation status, and the prediction of their future behavior ...
Christina Sakellariou, Dimitrios Makris, Georgios Bardis   +2 more
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The Fiery Eyes of a Maenad: Origin Determination of Faceted Garnet Eye Inlays in a Roman Bronze Bust From Southern Tyrol

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 1837, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck, Austria, purchased a Roman bronze statue of a maenad from the 2nd century ce with red garnets as facetted eye inlays found near Brixen, Southern Tyrol. These garnets were investigated using optical microscopy, a portable hand‐held and a stationary micro‐X‐ray fluorescence device, as
H. Albert Gilg, Simon Wagner, Anton Höck, Peter Tropper   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Terracottas in the News. A Bronze-Age Terracotta Figurine Discovered by a Seven-Year-Old Boy

Les Carnets de l’ACoSt, 2016
A seven-year-old boy discovered a late Bronze-Age plaque figurine in the Jordan Valley.
Jaimee Uhlenbrock
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