Figure Item Number: M3.150 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure depicting the goddess Bast, with a human head and the body of a cat. The figure is seated on a platform that is square at the front and rounded at the back. There are four protruding black triangular shapes with rounded corners on top of the head, and there is a loop at the back of the neck.
Cultural Context
Probably amulet.
Narrative
The van Haersolte Collection
Item History
- Made in Bubastis, 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
- M3.150
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- faience
- Manufacturing Technique
- faience work
- Overall
- height 3.2 cm, width 1.0 cm, depth 2.1 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
- Bubastis, Egypt
When
- Collection Date
- during 1890
- Ownership Date
- before April 26, 1956
- Acquisition Date
- on April 26, 1956
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2308/0149