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Rare wrapped Zigua Mummy Figure.  Statue.  Tanzania.  Africa

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    The ethnic Zigula/Zigua are from the northern Pwani and southern Tanga  Regions of Tanzania.  Their art is poorly understood and frequently misidentified.   They have a vibrant tradition of ritual carvings . . . such as their “mummy” figures.  Some are wrapped in cloth and… Continue reading

Rare.  Mummy Figure.  Protective Statue.  Wood & Fabric.  Tanzania.  Zigula. Pwani / Tanga Regions. Africa.

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  The Zigula are a Tanzanian ethnic and linguistic people from the northern Pwani and southern Tanga regions.   To say their art is poorly understood is an understatement.  Their “wrapped mummy” statuary is used in secret rituals that protect their owners from evil spirits and power.   The… Continue reading

Authentic Cartonnage Fragment Winged Isis. Coffin linen.  Circa 300 B.C. Papyrus.  Ancient Egypt 

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  Cartonnage is an Egyptology and Papyrology term used to describe plastered layers of fiber or papyrus . . . flexible enough (when wet) to mold around irregular surfaces such as a body, cases, coffins, masks during the funerary process.  Such a finished flat surface allowed for painting of… Continue reading

Rare and Powerful Zigua Peoples Mummy Figure.  Wood.  Tanzania.  Africa. 

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    The Zigula are a Tanzanian ethnic and linguistic people from the northern Pwani Region and southern Tanga Region.   Zigua art, like most art from Tanzania, is poorly understood… and frequently misidentified. They absolutely have a vibrant tradition of ritual carvings.  Their  “mummy” figures are thought… Continue reading

Stone / Clay Funerary Figure.  Mummy.  Ushabti.  Shabti.  Statue. Egypt.

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    Shabti or Ushabtis were small human figures representing a person who would perform a given task for the deceased in his/her afterlife.  The sun god Ra would grant tracts of land for the dead to dwell for eternity. The wealthy, nobles and royalty did not plan on… Continue reading

Authentic Anubis Ashabti.  Shabtis.  Statue.  Figure. Egypt.

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    Anubis is one of the most prominent and mystical gods of ancient Egypt. He was known since the earliest periods in the history of the civilization . .  first mentioned during the First Dynasty period.  In ancient Egyptian language, he was called Anpu or Inpu. … Continue reading

Cat Mummy Statue.  Figure.  Bastet. Funerary.  Afterlife.  Linen Wrapped.  Egypt.

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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… Continue reading

Large Antique Mummy Human Ushabti.  Shabti.  Statue.  Funerary Figure.  Private Collection.  Terracotta.  Egypt

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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… Continue reading

Scarab Paperweight.  Hieroglyphics.  Handmade. Steatite.  Egypt.

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    A scarab is a dung beetle.  In Egypt, it is part of its ancient religion.  The beetle was associated with the divine manifestation of the early morning sun.   Likenesses of the beetle were frequently made of steatite (talc within a rock – think soapstone). Heiroglyphics… Continue reading

Sarcophagus Wooden Mummy Mask.  Ptolemaic Kingdom Era.  Wood.  Ptolemaic Kingdom.  Egypt

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    An amazing amount of paint / detail left on this Egyptian sarcophagus mask.  Carved in detailed relief, including the sensitive eyes and longer nose, typical of this period.  All the detail is there and depending on the viewing angle, you can see different expressions.  You… Continue reading
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