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#                 Cats of Asia and Ancient Egypt      

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The Asian continent is home to more species of cat than any other. Explore Asian cats at the Smithsonian's National Zoo and as pictured in our collections from across the Smithsonian. The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is home to cat mummies as part of our anthropology collections. Cat coffins and representations of the cat-headed goddess Bastet are among the extraordinary objects that reveal felines’ critical role in ancient Egyptian religious, social, and political life. 
  -          NMNH - Anthropology Dept.        Mummy Of Cat 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Head of a guardian lion 
-          NMNH - Anthropology Dept.        Mummy Of "Kitten" 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Display at Nishi Ryōgoku 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Leopard 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Amulet of a goddess, perhaps Sakhmet 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Tiger 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Tiger 
-          Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute        Clouded Leopard Cub 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Figure of a cat, probably Kyoto ware 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Inlay of mummy figure with human head 
-          Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute        Sumatran Tiger 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Inlay of a mummy figure with head of Hapy 
-          NMNH - Anthropology Dept.        Mummy Of Cat, Wrapped Linen 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Papyrus column with two cats 
-          NMNH - Anthropology Dept.        Mummied Cat In Wrapper 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Year of the Tiger 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Portrait of Ser Er Chen 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Spouted vessel with lynx protome 
-          NMNH - Anthropology Dept.        Mummy Of Cat, In Mummy Wrappings 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Leopard 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Sufi riding a leopard from a *Bustan* (Orchard) by Sa'di (1291) 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Leopards 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        A Leopard Drawn from Life 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Design for a Weathervane, Leopard 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Mother Leopard 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Leopard Hunter 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Leopard eating a man 
-          Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum        Leopard with Spots 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Bonbonniere 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Tiger 
-          Smithsonian American Art Museum        Tiger's Head 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Seated tiger 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        Crouching tiger 
-          Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery        A Recumbent tiger 
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