The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Shawabty

forgery of the early 20th century

Egypt, Modern forgery

limestone
Overall: 17.2 x 4.7 cm (6 3/4 x 1 7/8 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.591
Location: Not on view
  • Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence Michael and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland, OH]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 561, cat.no. 510
  • Minneapolis 1973, no. 22, illus.
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