Figure of a Cat

1973.2.8

Information

Figure of a cat. CONDITION NOTE (1998): Incomplete, large areas of surface loss, worn, discoloured, label adhered to surface, residue on base, surface dirt. Wellcome Historical Medical Museum accession no. 22937: Lot 395: Three carved wood ancient Egyptian cats on wood bases 9” high, 5” and 4½ “Three carved wood jackals, 5” long, 8” and 3¾”. Lot 398: Three jackals 5½”, 5 ¾” and 9”. Purchased at Stevens' Auction House Ltd, London, 23 November 1920 Lot 395: "Three cats (in wood), rare, and three jackals"; Lot 398: “A doll, 3 jackals, Archaic figure, 8 other objects, all in wood, 3 horn cups, mummy wheat, etc.” (1920 p. 20).