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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Mummified Dog Head
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Mummified Dog Head

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period - Ptolemaic Period
Date722-30 BCE
MediumLinen, resin, animal remains
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions6 11/16 x 6 9/16 x 3 5/8 in., 325 g (17 x 16.6 x 9.2 cm, 11 7/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.285
ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Viscountess Elizabeth Dow Dalton. Purchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Roger Fernand Galliano, Paris, France, July 24, 1974. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art