Vase in the Shape of a Mother Monkey with Her Offspring
Object type: Vase, monkey, baby
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 6
Reign: reign of Pepi I
Date: ca. 2289–2255 B.C.
Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), paint
Dimensions: H. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: 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
Accession year: 1992
Tags: Hieroglyphs|Monkeys