Art, Symbol & Imagination
Set: Animal-Headed Egyptian Figure
A long-snouted, animal-headed figure stands with one foot forward and arms close to the body. The projecting head gives the small statuette an emphatic profile above its narrow torso and rectangular support. The printed caption identifies Set. The photograph allows the particular shape of the head and stance to remain visible without converting the unusual features into an identification with a specific living animal.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. "Set: Animal-Headed Egyptian Figure" [editorial title]. In Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt, Lewis Spence. September 1923 Harrap reprint; first published August 1913, 1923, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. Source scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/egypt-object-149
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Historical photograph of an ancient object; printed caption reviewed. Ancient maker unrecorded. Photographer credit recorded individually where printed. Orientation corrected where necessary; no retouching or reconstructed detail.
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Ancient Egyptian makers (unrecorded); historical photographs. Set: Animal-Headed Egyptian Figure. Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt. Scan leaf 149. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/egypt-object-149