Ibis Leg and Foot
Brooklyn Museum photograph (Gavin Ashworth, photographer)
Object Label
Some mummies were decorated with bronze fittings that imitated parts of the animal within it. This ibis leg and claw weighs roughly one and a half Egyptian deben (or 4½ ounces) and represented a considerable additional expense for the person who commissioned the animal mummy it once adorned. Such additions might have influenced the god’s decision to aid the worshipper.
Caption
Ibis Leg and Foot, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 24.5 cm) 4.5 oz. (0.13kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.385Eb. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer), 37.385Eb_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
Not on view
Title
Ibis Leg and Foot
Date
664–332 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 26, or later
Period
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
2 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. (7.3 x 5.4 x 24.5 cm) 4.5 oz. (0.13kg)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.385Eb
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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