Art Institute of Chicago
Statuette of Wadjet or Sekhmet
Egyptian
- Date
- Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)
- Medium
- Copper alloy
- Culture
- Egypt
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This seated, lion-headed goddess wears a large sun disk with a serpent whose body trails over the top of her head. Showing remarkable ingenuity, the artists who made this piece ensured the lioness's locks kept with Egyptian fashion. Her traditional wig's front tresses emerge from the ruff of her mane.
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- Object type
- AAT300301253
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