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Several Egyptian gods took the form of a cat . . most notably, Bastet. Bastet, half feline, half woman, was the goddess of the home, women’s secrets, fertility, childbirth…. and cats. In many ways, cats became a religious icon and as well as household…
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- Item Number: S-6339
- Provenance/Origin: Budastic Egypt. Artifact
- Composition: Stone / clay with linen, paint
- Dimensions: 8" tall x 4.5" wide x 2.25 deep
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 235.00 USD
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The Yoruba peoples inhabit a large part of southwestern Nigeria. They have been known to place their trust in the powers of the fetish to assist them during times of need. A fetish – aka Nkisi – is a wood carving that the village…
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- Item Number: S-6567
- Provenance/Origin: Yoruba. SW Nigeria. Circa mid-1900s
- Composition: Wood, cloth, fibers, metal
- Dimensions: 12" tall x 4.5" wide x 4" deepest
- Weight: 1.75 pounds
- Price: $ 385.00 USD
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Ushabti funerary figures – like this one – were placed in tombs with other grave goods and were intended to act as a surrogate of the deceased owner to undertake menial tasks in the afterlife. Ushabti is translated to “answerer”.
From a very large…
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- Item Number: S-1032
- Provenance/Origin: Luxor Egypt. From an antiquity collection.
- Composition: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 8.25" tall x 2.5" wide x 1.25" deep
- Weight: 1 pound
- Price: $ 115.00 USD
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Canopic jars were used by the ancient Egyptians during the mummification process. Internal soft organs of the deceased to be mummified were stored in these jars . . . away from the body. Lungs were stored in a jar representing Horus’s son, Hapi (baboon); the…
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- Item Number: S-4880
- Provenance/Origin: Egypt. From an antiquity collection.
- Composition: Clay or Stone
- Dimensions: 5.25 - 5.75" tall x ~2.5 diameter
- Weight: 3.75 pounds for all four
- Price: $ 295.00 UD for the set of four
