Anubis Standing

Description Anubis, the god of embalming and protector of the deceased, is depicted with a man's body, a jackal's head, and long wig. The arms and the tip of the nose were made separately. The figure was likely made for a tomb.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
2/12/1964	Examination	loan
6/29/2004	Treatment	technical study; loss compensation; stabilized

Exhibitions

• Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me. The Jewish Museum, New York. 1964.
• Carved for Immortality. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2004-2005.

Provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquistion unknown] [as 18th Dynasty, Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1923