Cat mummy ·  Afrique-Antique, Égypte · 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.

L’objet Cat mummy avec l’ID d’objet 3034067 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 71st tribal art auction dans 24 novembre 2012. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 96 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 2 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

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