Amulet of a baboon
Medium/TechniqueFaience or stone
DimensionsOverall: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.)
Credit LineHay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession number72.1352
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.
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
305–30 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
Naqada II (Gezean) 3650–3300 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.