Description
This statuette represents the god Anubis or Wepwawet, the jackal guardians of burial sites. The figure is solid cast from copper alloy, and the details of its fur are incised. The figure may originally have decorated the top of a shrine.
Provenance
Ralph Huntington Blanchard (1875-1936), Cairo; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago through James Henry Breasted as agent, 1920.
Accession Number
78159
Medium
Copper alloy
Dimensions
9.5 × 17.5 × 5.1 cm (3 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 2 in.)
Classification
statuette
Credit Line
Museum Purchase Fund
