Model Basket as Amulet (c. 1069–945 BCE): Art, History and Details

Model Basket as Amulet (c. 1069–945 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

As an amulet, the basket was associated with the cat-goddess Bastet. Statuettes of Bastet frequently show her carrying basketfuls of kittens. This amulet is remarkable for its openwork design

Object facts

• Title: Model Basket as Amulet
• Date: c. 1069–945 BCE
• Culture: Egypt, Third Intermediate (1069–715 BCE), Dynasties 21–22
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: Egyptian blue
• Dimensions: Overall: 1.5 cm (9/16 in.)
• Collection: Egypt - Late Period
• Department: Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
• Accession number: 1978.90

Collection credit

Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey

Further reading listed by the museum

• Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1978.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 66, no. 1 (January 1979): 3–47.
• Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999

View the collection record

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