Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
Taweret
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
While Taweret representations usually have hippo heads, this Taweret figurine is lion-headed. Taweret stands with her arms at her sides; she does not have attributes.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, by 1912 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Giovanni Dattari Sale, Cairo, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 41, no. 346; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 1 9/16 x W: 1/4 x D: 1/4 in. (3.99 x 0.58 x 0.64 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.215