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Alternative Title
Ass of Balaam the son of Beor
Description
A donkey figurine made out of metal, painted white with a pattern that implies hair. It has black hooves and brown on the top of the body and head. There is a bridle on its head, and a keyring is visible on the front part of the neck of the donkey.
7. Ass of Balaam the son of Beor. Its vocal rebuke of the prophet figures in the twenty-second chapter of The Fourth Book of Moses, Called Numbers; and according to the Koran, this was one of the ten animals admitted into heaven.
Exhibit label:
THE ASS OF BALAAM, THE SON OF BEOR.
A gift from Messire Jurgen of Bellegarde in Poictesme.
—The Twentieth Letter, in Ladies and Gentlemen.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
5 x 1.5 x 3.5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958
Topical Subject
Donkeys; Figurines; Bible' Bible. Old Testament; Qurʼan
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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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 7, Ass of Balaam the son of Beor, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i007.jpg