Statuette of an Ichneumon (Primary Title)
Statuette of an Otter (Former Title)

Unknown (Artist)

664–525 BC
Egyptian
copper alloy
Egypt
Overall: 4 3/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in. (12.07 × 3.81 × 3.81 cm)
57.24
Not on view
Otters were sacred to Uto, a local goddess in Buto, a city in the Nile delta. Egyptians believed that otters were praying when they stood upright in the papyrus marshes to catch a scent.
Dynasty 26
Late Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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