Figurine of Wepwawet
Anubis is not the only deity who could be represented in full canid form. The god Wepwawet is usually shown as a standing canid, as here, while the favored position for Anubis was recumbent (although exceptions are known). Two cobras (today difficult to recognize as such) run along the bottom sides of this piece, which might have been an amulet or donation. They are also a common iconographical element for Wepwawet.
Artwork Details
- Title: Figurine of Wepwawet
- Period: Probably Late Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
- Date: 664–332 BCE
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Cupreous metal, gold wire
- Dimensions: H. 3.7 × W. 1 × D. 4.3 cm (1 7/16 × 3/8 × 1 11/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
- Object Number: 10.130.1324
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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A.D. 1st–2nd century
Multiple artists/makers
1876
656–650 BC
A.D. 1st–2nd century
Louis C. Tiffany
ca. 1904
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