Statuette of Anubis

Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 133

The god of mummification Anubis is shown here as a human with a jackal head and a long wig. He is wearing jewelry and a garment with an elaborate feather pattern. Anubis is probably depicted greeting the deceased in the afterlife and protecting him. The statuette is exquisitely carved and painted (note the painted pleating of the kilt).

Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood

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Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood
Statuette of Anubis, Plastered and painted wood

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