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Gayer-Anderson Cat at The British Museum, London

Title
Gayer Anderson Cat


Artist
Unknown


Date
ca. 600 BC


Medium
Copper alloy


Dimensions
Height, 42 cm


Accession #
EA 64391:1947,1011.1



This sculpture is known as the Gayer-Anderson Cat, named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson who, together with Mary Stout Shaw, donated it to The British Museum, London. The statue is a representation of the cat-goddess Bastet. The cat wears jewellery and a protective wedjat amulet and is decorated with a winged scarab that appears on the chest and head. A copy of the statue is kept in the Gayer-Anderson Museum, located in Cairo.
Further reading can be found here.
(information source; British Museum)

 

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