Te Kohinga Tangata
Collection Record
Figure, Animal
The goddess Bastet, part cat and part woman was the daughter of Re, the sun-god. She represented the power of the sun to ripen crops. Cats were sacred to Bastet and many bronze cats were dedicated to her at her temple on the Nile delta. The chief seat of her worship was at Bustatie, the modern Tell Basta
Provenance Place:
Egypt
D42.432
Details
- Provenance Place
- Egypt
- Cultural Group
- Egyptian
- Measurements
- 115 x 40 x 74mm
- Media/Materials
- bronze, copper alloy, alloy, metal, processed material
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lieutenant Colonel F Waite; Tūhura Otago Museum Collection
- Rights
- CC BY-NC/Creative Commons, CC BY-NC/Creative Commons
- Department
- Antiquities, World
- Accession Number
- D42.432
- On Display
- Yes
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