Jackal statuette / Paint / Pigment / Wood

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Object Identifier
1971.02.0185
Object Name
Jackal statuette
Object Type
Figurines
Materials
Paint
Pigment
Wood
Weight
190 g
Pierced
no
Inscribed
no
Full Artifact Description
Anubis jackal. Wood.
Jackal figure from coffin or canopic chest. This figure does not have an obvious hole on its underside for pegging it to a chest or coffin, although there is an area of damage beneath the front part of the jackal that might have contained such a hole. Wood, paint (Death Dogs, Wilfong).
Subjects
Jackal
Verbatim Date
685 - 323 BC
Verbatim Provenance
Egypt
Production Site
site
Countermark
no
Exhibition Title
Portals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower EgyptPortals to Eternity; The Necropolis at Terenouthis in Lower Egypt
Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions
Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity
Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt (exhibit)
Kelsey Contemporaries: Randal Stegmeyer
Exhibition Curator
McCleary, Roger V.
Richards, Janet
Wilfong, Terry
Wilfong, Terry G.
Stegmeyer, Randal
Exhibition Year
1995
2015
2020
Publication Title
Preserving eternity: modern goals, ancient intentions. Egyptian funerary artifacts in the Kelsey Museum of Archaelogy
Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt
Publication Author
Richards, Janet E. and Wilfong, Terry G.
Wilfong, T.G.
Publication Year
1995
2015
Class Title
Exhibiting Egypt (F2022)
Kelsey Museum Student Advisory Group (F2022)
Ancient Egypt: Religion and Culture (W2023)
Class Instructor
Wilfong, Terry G.
Person, Catherine
Wilfong, Terry
Class Department
MIDEAST
Kelsey Museum
Class Number
438.001
240.001
Class Year
2022
2023
Class Semester
Fall
Winter
Type Category
Artifact

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Record
1971.02.0185
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0185/dscn1942.jpg

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"Jackal statuette; Paint; Pigment; Wood". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-1971.02.0185/dscn1942.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 30, 2023.