Baboon

Unknown

664–30 B.C. · Glass · Egyptian Art

This small figurine depicts a baboon standing on its hinds legs with its arms raised. Baboons often stretch and chatter with the first morning light. Since standing with one's arms raised was an ancient Egyptian gesture for adoration, baboons in this position were seen as greeting and adoring the sun.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 B.C.

Medium

Glass

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889