Amulet of a baboon
Medium/TechniqueFaience or stone
DimensionsOverall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1351
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
2400–1550 B.C.
2061–1784 B.C.
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
332–50 B.C.
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
305–30 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.