Shrew-Mouse (Primary Title)
Statuette of a Shrew (Alternate Title)

Unknown (Artist)

664–525 BC
Egyptian
copper alloy
Egypt
Overall (unmounted): 1 1/4 × 3/4 × 2 1/2 in. (3.18 × 1.91 × 6.35 cm)
Other (mounted): 2 1/2 × 1 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (6.35 × 3.81 × 8.26 cm)
57.25
Not on view
This stylized figure stands on a coffin for the mummy of a shrew, an animal sacred to the god Horus.
Dynasty 26
Late (Saite) Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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