Two Vases in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with her Young
Object type: Vase, monkey, baby
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 6
Reign: reigns of Pepi I and Merenre
Date: ca. 2289–2246 BC
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint, resin and pigment
Dimensions: 30.8.134: H. 18.6 cm (7 5/16 in.)
1992.338: H. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.134); Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Fletcher Fund, and Lila Acheson Wallace, Russell and Judy Carson, William Kelly Simpson, and Vaughn Foundation Gifts, in honor of Henry George Fischer, 1992 (1992.338)
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Monkeys