Egypt
Wood with traces of pigments
Circa 400 - 30 BC
Height 5 3/4 in (14.60 cm) Width 4 3/4 in (12.65 cm)
Provenance: Mary McFadden fashion designer (1938-2024)
Exhibition: Moore College of Art and Design
Canopic jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus: Hapy (lungs), Imseti (liver), Duamutef (stomach), and Qebehsenuef (intestines). Beginning in the New Kingdom, canopic jar lids were usually carved with heads that identify these four protectors: the baboon head is Hapy, the human head is Imseti, the jackal head is Duamutef, and the falcon head is Qebehsenuef as in this example.
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Egypt
Wood with traces of pigments
Circa 400 - 30 BC
Height 5 3/4 in (14.60 cm) Width 4 3/4 in (12.65 cm)
Provenance: Mary McFadden fashion designer (1938-2024)
Exhibition: Moore College of Art and Design
Canopic jars were made to contain the organs that were removed from the body in the process of mummification: the lungs, liver, intestines, and stomach. Each organ was protected by one of the Four Sons of Horus: Hapy (lungs), Imseti (liver), Duamutef (stomach), and Qebehsenuef (intestines). Beginning in the New Kingdom, canopic jar lids were usually carved with heads that identify these four protectors: the baboon head is Hapy, the human head is Imseti, the jackal head is Duamutef, and the falcon head is Qebehsenuef as in this example.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
