GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In the ancient Egyptian world, amulets for good luck and protection were buried with the dead to ensure safe passage to the afterlife. These funerary amulets represent the four protective sons of Horus (the sun god): Hapy the baboon, the hawk Qebsenuet, the human Emsety, and the jackal Duamutef. Each of them oversaw one of the four different soft organs of the body, which were removed during the mummification process and then stored in coptic jars in the tomb. Flat and unembellished, the mummiform, shrouded figures are pierced at the head and ankle and would have been attached to a mummy's bead-net covering.
Drawn from
- Anne Bromberg, DMA unpublished material, Label text, Four Canopic Jars.
- Lawrence M. Berman, Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art, (Hudson Hills Press: New York), 1999, p. 379, cat. 287.
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- Notes from visit of 24 April 1987 with Arielle Kozloff and Carlos Picon: "These were funerary amulets sewn onto the dressing of a mummy. they represent the four sons of Horus (the sun god) who each oversaw one of the four different soft organs of the body, which were removed during the mummification process and were then sotred in Copptic jars in the tomb. These figures are not too bad, but Arielle recommended not exhibiting them. Arielle questioned the possible authenticity of C, which was the most brightly colored of the group; the puddling of the glaze indicates that it could be a modern one. There is a tremendous range of quality with this sort of object.
- updated provenance and geo x refs in TMS
- added "Egyptian" as culture in TMS
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From 1963: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Susette Khayat, Ancient Art Gallery, New York, NY [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- 12934203: UMO; Watch a video of curator Dr. Anne Bromberg discussing the concept of death and burials in Egypt and other cultures; in conjunction with King Tutankhamun exhibition, 2008.
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General Description
In the ancient Egyptian world, amulets for good luck and protection were buried with the dead to ensure safe passage to the afterlife. These funerary amulets represent the four protective sons of Horus (the sun god): Hapy the baboon, the hawk Qebsenuet, the human Emsety, and the jackal Duamutef. Each of them oversaw one of the four different soft organs of the body, which were removed during the mummification process and then stored in coptic jars in the tomb. Flat and unembellished, the mummiform, shrouded figures are pierced at the head and ankle and would have been attached to a mummy's bead-net covering.
Drawn from
- Anne Bromberg, DMA unpublished material, Label text, Four Canopic Jars.
- Lawrence M. Berman, Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art, (Hudson Hills Press: New York), 1999, p. 379, cat. 287.
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- Notes from visit of 24 April 1987 with Arielle Kozloff and Carlos Picon: "These were funerary amulets sewn onto the dressing of a mummy. they represent the four sons of Horus (the sun god) who each oversaw one of the four different soft organs of the body, which were removed during the mummification process and were then sotred in Copptic jars in the tomb. These figures are not too bad, but Arielle recommended not exhibiting them. Arielle questioned the possible authenticity of C, which was the most brightly colored of the group; the puddling of the glaze indicates that it could be a modern one. There is a tremendous range of quality with this sort of object.
- updated provenance and geo x refs in TMS
- added "Egyptian" as culture in TMS
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 1963: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, gift of Susette Khayat, Ancient Art Gallery, New York, NY [1]
[1] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.
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- 12934203: UMO; Watch a video of curator Dr. Anne Bromberg discussing the concept of death and burials in Egypt and other cultures; in conjunction with King Tutankhamun exhibition, 2008.
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