<em>Figure of a Monkey Holding Sack Over His Shoulder</em>, 305–30 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 3/8 x 2 x 7/8 in. (8.5 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1623E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1623E_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Figure of a Monkey Holding Sack Over His Shoulder, 305–30 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 3/8 x 2 x 7/8 in. (8.5 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1623E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1623E_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

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Figure of a Monkey Holding Sack Over His Shoulder

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Terracotta, pigment

Place Made: Egypt

DATES 305–30 B.C.E.

PERIOD Ptolemaic Period (or later)

DIMENSIONS 3 3/8 x 2 x 7/8 in. (8.5 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1623E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Walking monkey, ithyphallic, right hand lifted to ear, possibly the greeting gesture or the Egyptian gesture of singing; head turned to left, over left shoulder sack, which is closed with a long rope hanging down beneath the left arm of the monkey. The indicated folds at the closed end of the sack show slight perspective. In the bent left arm the monkey also carrying a bag, hanging on a rope by which it is also closed. The hide of the monkey is all over indicated. Head moulded with strong expression. Back: Moulded, hide indicated, bending tail. Relation between sack and left arm slightly distorted. Condition: Little worn surface Left foot and part of right foot broken off. Surface slightly cracked by moulding or firing.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Figure of a Monkey Holding Sack Over His Shoulder, 305–30 B.C.E. Terracotta, pigment, 3 3/8 x 2 x 7/8 in. (8.5 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1623E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1623E_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

IMAGE front, CUR.37.1623E_NegB_print_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015

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