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Object Number
35-2-50/1089
Display Title
Canopic jar surmounted with lid in form of baboon-headed Hapy
Descriptions
Object Description
Canopic jar surmounted with lid in form of baboon-headed Hapy
Inventory Description
Ceramic, complete vessel, canopic jar, rounded base and body, constricted rim, plain base, white pigment above base, green pigment on body with painted black scene of Egyptian gods and hieroglyphs in one area, scene enclosed in back rectangle, horizontal bands of red and yellow pigment at neck and rim of jar, white pigment on jar interior, polychrome zoomorphic baboon-like head on lid, large ears with white and red stripes, eyes and eyebrows, protruding snout, ring base on lid fits into jar, some losses to lid
Classification
- Urn
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Egypt
Materials
Ceramic, Pigment, Organic
Dimensions
Overall (Dimensions of jar): 22.4 × 16.8 × 16.6 cm (8 13/16 × 6 5/8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Overall (Dimensions of lid): 9 × 13 × 12.5 cm (3 9/16 × 5 1/8 × 4 15/16 in.)
Overall (Height with lid on jar): 29.3 cm (11 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
35-2-50/1089
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Algernon Coolidge
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Algernon Coolidge
(ca. 1890)
Intermediary
Dr. Edward Reynolds, M.D.
Donor
Dr. Algernon Coolidge
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