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    Alternative Title

    Arvakur

    Description

    A small glazed ceramic horse figurine painted turquoise with black hooves. The texture of its forelock, mane, and face are included in the molding. The horse bends its head to the ground as if to graze.

    6. Arvakur. The horse driven by Sol the Sun-Maid, in Scandinavian mythology.

    Exhibit label:
    ARVAKUR, THE HORSE DRIVEN BY SOL THE SUN-MAID.
    A gift from Little Smirt of Chang-Chu.

    Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)

    5 x 1.5 x 3

    Personal Name Subject

    Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

    Topical Subject

    Horses; Figurines; Mythology, Norse

    City/Location

    Richmond (Va.)

    Genre

    figures (representations)

    Type

    Physical Object

    Digital Format

    image/jpg

    Language

    eng

    Rights

    This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.

    Collection

    James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection

    Source

    Horse 6, Arvakur, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 3, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

    File Name

    m377_i006.jpg

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