Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis
Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis
Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis
Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis
Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis
Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis
Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis

Egyptian painted wood figure of Anubis

E2

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A carved and black painted wood figure of the god Anubis depicted as a recumbent jackal.

Anubis was associated with mummification and protecting the dead. He appeared as either a man with a jackal’s head or as a complete jackal. In the Late Dynastic Period small wooden figures of jackals like this were placed upon the lids of canopic chests, thus placing the dead’s internal organs under the protection of the god.

Culture
Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 730-332 BC

Size
7.4 x 15.6 cms

Condition
One front leg and ears mostly lost, the other front leg repaired; surface wear as seen in the photographs

Provenance
Ex. deceased estate, Grenoble, France; acquired c. 1950’s-1960’s. A fragment of a mid 20th Century collection label remains under the body.

For a similar figure in the World Museum, Liverpool, please see:
https://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/anubis-figure-7

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