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| Keywords: Egyptian - Amuletic Figure of Hapy, Son of Horus - Walters 481641 - Reverse.jpg This faience amulet represents Hapy the baboon-headed son of Horus There are four sons of Horus and this amulet is part of a set of four Walters 48 1638-1641 The sons of Horus protected he vital organs of the body after mummification The image is that of a baboon-headed mummiform human The figure faces proper right It is composed of blue glazed faience with the details picked out in purple/black manganese The figure wears a tripartite wig but unlike the other three in this set he does not wear a broad collar There are five diagonal stripes of manganese across the mummiform body representing the mummy wrappings or braces A horizontal fracture at knee level separated the amulet into two fragments which have since been reattached Numerous funerary amulets were usually placed among the many layers of linen strips used to wrap mummies Specific amulets along with their required position on the body are listed in funerary texts such as The Book of the Dead Amulets were sometimes sewn directly onto the wrappings or could be incorporated into a bead net shroud covering the mummy These amulets have been modeled with a flat underside and are pierced by tiny holes around the edges for attachment ca 750 650 BC Third Intermediate Egyptian faience with blue and black glaze cm 9 2 5 0 7 accession number 48 1641 4506 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Faience The Colors of the Heavens The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2003-2004 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian amulets in the Walters Art Museum Hapi Ancient Egyptian faience in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
