Cat mummy ·  Africa-Antiques, Egypt · ID: 3034067

Description

of elongated form with a stylized cats head, tightly wrapped in several layers of fabric stripes, min. dam., minor missing parts, on metal base;
animals associated with deities were regularly mummified in the later periods of Egyptian history. The main concentration of cat burials was at sites with an association with a feline deity. The cat is associated with the goddess “Bastet”, whose cult centre was at Bubastis in the Delta, but there were other feline deities elsewhere in Egypt.

The object Cat mummy with the object ID 3034067 was part of the auction 71st tribal art auction on November 24, 2012. The object with the lot number 96 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000 with an asking price of EUR 2,000.

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Comparing literature

Wieczorek, Alfried (Hg.), Mumien und Museen, Mannheim 2007, p. 63, ill. 4