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Bastet
mid 8th-mid 4th century BCE (Late Period)
bronze
Bastet stands with her feet together on a rectangular base. Her right arm is bent at the elbow, and her hand would have held a sistrum. Her left arm is also bent at the elbow, and a basket with two loops hangs from that arm. The details of the statuette are worn.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Mit Rahina]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1018