Amulet

Museum number:
6-19729
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21060019729
Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Qena, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Keneh
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1899-1900
Materials:
Faience (composite material) and Glaze (coating by location)
Person depicted:
Bastet (Egyptian deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Amulets
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Comment:
Purchased.
Loans:
S1974-1975 #60: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (February 18, 1975–August 1975), S1990-1991 #23: Blackhawk Museums (March 20, 1991–August 16, 1994), and S2009-2010 #1: California State University, Bakersfield (September 14, 2009–November 16, 2009)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Amulet, accession number 6-19729, described as Blue glaze cat goddess with kittens amulet (originally 10 kittens); pendant.

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