Baboon Headed Hapi Sons of Horus Amulet
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
name: label: Collector
content: Joseph Hirshhorn
label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: FAIENCE; MUZZLE OF BABOON BROKEN AND REPAIRED; PAINTED WITH BROWN DECORATIONS; MOUNTED ON RED VELVET COVERED BLACK WOOD. PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG.
label: Notes
content: A Son of Horus Amulet - (associated with 553177, 553191)
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Son of Horus amulet, c. 300-200 BC. This object was once attached to a mummy's bead shroud. It protected the mummy and its organs.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Egypt (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: A553178-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Amulet
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 3.5 cm