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Amulet of a baboon
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Height x width: 2.1 x 0.9 cm (13/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2600
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis yellow faience amulet represents a baboon. Amulets of squatting baboons were associated with Thoth, the patron deity of scribes. Baboons were also associated with the sun and moon.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.