
Collection Online as of May 23, 2022
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Gessoed and painted sycamore fig
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.714.a
107 Egyptian
Egyptian coffins told stories and illustrated spells to help the deceased transition safely to the afterlife. Inside Nesykhonsu's coffin there are two jackals, one facing right and the other left, near the top. Here, the jackal represents the powerful deity Anubis, the god of the afterlife and embalming.