Isis and infant Horus
Unidentified Egyptian maker, Egypt, Africa
First Millennium BCE (1000 BCE-1 CE)
Bronze
Overall: 2 5/8 × 11/16 in. (6.6 × 1.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College: Bequest of Emily Howe Hitchcock, Class of 1872HW
12.2.506
Geography/Culture
Africa, Northern Africa, Egypt
Period
1000 BCE-1 CE
Object Name
Figure
Classification
Ancient Egypt
Africa
Not on view
Course History
REL 7, Dark Goddesses and Black Madonnas, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2013
REL 51, Virgin of Guadalupe, Elizabeth Perez, Winter 2013
Provenance
Collected by Mary Maynard Hitchcock (1834-1887) and Hiram Hitchcock (1832-1900, Class of 1872H), in Egypt (possibly from a dealer in Alexandria or Cairo), about 1867-68; bequeathed to his second wife, Emily Howe Hitchcock (1852-1912), Hanover, New Hampshire, 1900; bequeathed to present collection, 1912.
Old Number
Red No. 12.502?
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