Figure Item Number: M3.139 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure depicting Tarawet as a hippopotamus with a tail of a crocodile. She is standing on a rectangular platform and has her arms at her sides with her left foot in front of her right. Below a loop with a hole that extends from side to side is a tail represented with a tapering shape that has indented diagonal lines on both sides.
History Of Use
Probably an amulet.
Iconographic Meaning
Tawaret is the divine nurse and protector of children; she also guarded the souls of the just in the other world.
Narrative
The van Haersolte Collection
Item History
- Made in Egypt
- Collected during 1890
- Owned by Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Owned by Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn before April 26, 1956
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller) on April 26, 1956
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- M3.139
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- faience
- Manufacturing Technique
- faience work
- Overall
- height 3.2 cm, width 0.9 cm, depth 1.4 cm
Who
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Previous Owner
- Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn, Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Egypt
When
- Collection Date
- during 1890
- Ownership Date
- before April 26, 1956
- Acquisition Date
- on April 26, 1956
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 101
- Accession Number
- 2308/0138