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<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg)
Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg)
<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view02.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view02.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegD_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.16.580.43_NegE_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view03.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view03.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view04.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view04.jpg)

<em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view05.jpg)

Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view05.jpg)

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Seated Monkey as Amulet

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 30–395 C.E.
    PERIOD Roman Period (possibly)
    DIMENSIONS 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 16.580.43
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Grey-green faience figure of a seated monkey (?) with enlarged phallus, as amulet. Phallus draped around shoulders, ending over a right shoulder and supported by right hand. Suspension loop on back of monkey. Condition: Front of base chipped. Glaze worn.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Seated Monkey as Amulet, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg., 2020
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    <em>Seated Monkey as Amulet</em>, 30–395 C.E. Faience, 1 5/16 × 9/16 × 9/16 in. (3.4 × 1.4 × 1.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.43. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.580.43_view01.jpg)

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