Viscera figure with baboon head (Hapy)
One of four "viscera" figures found in the abdominal cavity of an anonymous female mummy, this was meant to protect the internal organs. It appears that her viscera were lost at some point, so the embalmers had made up the usual seven packets that should have contained organs (see for example 25.3.156a) with random scraps of material, including a coil of rope, a piece of cowskin, and bits of leather and rag. Baboon-headed, this figure represents Hapy, usually seen as the embodiment and protector of the lungs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Viscera figure with baboon head (Hapy)
- Period: Third Intermediate Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 21, second half
- Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of an anonymous female (P1), MMA excavations, 1923–24
- Medium: Wax
- Dimensions: H. 7.7 × W. 2.6 × D. 2.5 cm (3 1/16 × 1 × 1 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.3.157b
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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ca. 1000–945 B.C.
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
ca. 1000–945 B.C.
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