Statuette of a Jackal

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Statuette of a Jackal

This example of fine bronze casting represents the god Anubis or Wepwawet, the jackal guardians of burial sites. The figure is solid cast, and the details of its fur are incised. The figure may originally have decorated the top of a shrine.

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/78159/statuette-of-a-jackal

Saite Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BC)

Egyptian

Copper alloy

9.5 × 17.5 × 5.1 cm (3 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 2 in.)

The Art Institute of Chicago

1920.252

Scan created by the Department of Imaging at the Art Institute of Chicago