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Amulet Mold: Bes Dancing and Playing a Tambourine
Egyptian

Title

Amulet Mold: Bes Dancing and Playing a Tambourine

Artist

Unknown Artist (Egyptian)

Date

1539–1292 BCE

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

height: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

Classification

Tools & Implements

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. A.F. Jonas

Object Number

1936.305

On View

On view

Provenance

Possibly Francis Wallace Grenfell (1841–1925), Surrey, England.
Dr. August Frederick Jonas (1854–1934) and Mrs. A.F. Jonas (née Jessica Maud Stebbins, 1874–1961), Omaha, Nebraska, by 1934–1936;
Gift of Mrs. A.F. Jonas to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1936.

Exhibition History

None.

Published References

None.