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