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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
Anubis Statuette
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Peter Harholdt.
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Anubis Statuette

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodNew Kingdom or later
Dateafter 1539 BCE
MediumWood
Credit LineCharlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art
Dimensions9/16 x 1 3/16 in. (1.4 x 3 cm)
Object number1999.001.138
Label TextThe jackal god Anubis played a crucial role in protecting the dead and helping them achieve a good afterlife, and statuettes of this deity often adorned the tops of wooden funerary shrines and coffins. This miniature example may have come from a model coffin or a box for sacred oil.
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - July 2008
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 17.

ProvenanceEx coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) [Golden Chariot Productions], Toronto, Canada.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art