Baboon statue
- Accession Number
- EA61440
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Animals case
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Statue
- Material
- Wood
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Animal
- Monkey/baboon
- Measurements
- Height: 52mm | Width: 26mm | Depth: 43mm
Licensing details
This image may be used under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license. For uses not covered under the Creative Commons license, or to license images for commercial uses,
please contact the Egypt Centre.
- Description
-
A wooden amuletic figure of a squatting baboon with a suspension ring at the back. On long-term loan since 2005 from the British Museum who acquired it in 1838 from Harry Osborn Cureton.
- Bibliography
-
Andrews, Carol 1994. Amulets of ancient Egypt. London: The British Museum Press. Goodridge, Wendy R. & Stuart J. Williams 2005. Offerings from The British Museum. Swansea: The Egypt Centre. [p. 15]
- Previous Owners
- The British Museum | Harry Osborn Cureton (1785–1858)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The British Museum (04 Apr 2005)
