An Egyptian Faience Baboon Amulet, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 900 - 700 BCE Medium - Gold 2006 Wynne Prize

2006 Wynne Prize

Height with mount:  4 1/4  in (10

and a variety of colors is used to build up these Dreamings

Condition: Missing the applied features

a successful Pintupi artist who passed away in early 2006

An Egyptian Faience Baboon Amulet, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 900 - 700 BCE Medium - Gold 2006 Wynne PrizeRepresenting the god Thoth, of brilliant turquoise blue glaze, the god of writing and medicine portrayed single sided and in right profile, the body well modeled, his cape like mass of fur incised, his forepaws resting on his knees, the face with well defined eyes, and upturned nostrils, the top of his head with moon and crescent headdress, the tail curled around his proper right leg, seated on an integral oval base, a double attachment loop at the