Baboon Figure
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Walter J. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Walter J. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: STANDING BABOON FIGURE HAS UPRIGHT PLANK TO SUPPORT BACK AND STANDS ON FLAT, RECTANGULAR BASE W/ HOLE PIERCED IN CENTER OF UNDERSIDE OF BASE. LEFT LEG EXTENDS W/ ARMS RAISED TO MOUTH. WEARS HEADDRESS INCISED W/ DIAMOND-SHAPED DESIGN.
label: Notes
content: Baboon statuette, gray stone or faience?, could be Thoth or Hapy, but here more likely to be a sun-worshipper baboon. Hands raised in adoration, baboons said to greet the morning sun (a god) this way. Same figure done large often found in monuments,eg.at the four corners of obelisks, also as a frieze above statues of Ramses and Abu Simbel. Perforated on bottom, for mounting?
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Apr 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
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: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553327-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Figurine
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 4.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 1.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 0.9 cm