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Statuette of Bastet in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 2018
Statuette of Bastet
Unknown (Artist)
Date: ca. 663–525 BC (?)
Culture: Egyptian
Category: Sculpture
Medium: bronze (copper alloy)
Collection: Ancient Art
Dimensions: Overall: 4 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (11.75 × 3.81 × 3.18 cm)
Object Number: 57.20
Dynasty: Dynasty 26 or later
Period: Late Period
Credit Line: Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
The cat-headed goddess Bastet carries a sistrum (a rattle for making music) and a basket, perhaps for holding flowers. Bastet was a benevolent deity whose festivals included music and dance; here the goddess herself is dressed as a temple dancer. (The earrings are modern replacements.)
Text from: vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8056383
Unknown (Artist)
Date: ca. 663–525 BC (?)
Culture: Egyptian
Category: Sculpture
Medium: bronze (copper alloy)
Collection: Ancient Art
Dimensions: Overall: 4 5/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (11.75 × 3.81 × 3.18 cm)
Object Number: 57.20
Dynasty: Dynasty 26 or later
Period: Late Period
Credit Line: Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
The cat-headed goddess Bastet carries a sistrum (a rattle for making music) and a basket, perhaps for holding flowers. Bastet was a benevolent deity whose festivals included music and dance; here the goddess herself is dressed as a temple dancer. (The earrings are modern replacements.)
Text from: vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8056383
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