Statuette of a Jackal

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Art Institute of Chicago
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2020-03-10
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CC BY 4.0
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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