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Description : Ancient Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE. A charming couchant wooden Anubis depicted in his natural jackal form. The sculpture sits in a perky but pensive position with raised ears, hind legs tucked beneath his slender body, and front paws extended in front. Extensive remains of gesso and jet-black pigment are visible along each part of the body, with faint traces of yellow pigment on the eyes, and deep red pigment on the head and body. Artists in ancient Egyptian times depicted examples of Anubis as a recumbent canine to show guardianship or attentiveness in homes, sacred sites, and tombs. An exceptional zoomorphic likeness to the revered god of embalming and the dead! Custom wooden display stand included. Size: 8.875 L x 2 W x 5.5 H (22.5 cm x 5.1 cm x 14 cm), 6.8 H (17.3 cm) on included custom stand. Wooden representations of sacred animals and deities were often placed into Egyptian tombs belonging to high-status individuals. Similar figures were also made to grace furniture and other everyday objects which were sometimes placed into the grave as well. Anubis, based on the real animal called the African golden jackal, is a god associated with mummification and the afterlife and is usually depicted as either a canine or a man with a canine head. Like many Egyptian deities, the role of Anubis changed over time. During the First Dynasty, he was a protector of graves and an embalmer. In the Middle Kingdom period, Osiris claimed Anubis' role as lord of the underworld, but Anubis continued to weigh the hearts of the dead against a feather to determine if they were deserving of eternal life. Anubis is also associated with Wepwawet (Upuaut), an Egyptian god based on the African golden wolf, with grey or white fur in contrast to that of Anubis. Together, they were worshipped at the city of Asyut which was called Lycopolis (city of wolves) by the Greeks. In 1895, American traveler William Vaughn Tupper described Asyut: In the hills seen on the horizon are the tombs of the priests and numberless holes in the rocks once filled with mummies of the Jackal…the hills are now strewn with skulls and bones of the Jackals (from the William Vaughn Tupper Scrapbook Collection, Boston Public Library). For a stylistically-similar example with less remaining pigmentation, please see The British Museum, museum number EA61506: Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #138467
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