The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 18, 2025

Lion Head, perhaps a Steering Oar Butt

2040–1648 BCE

Egypt, probably Middle Kingdom

(2040–1648 BCE)
wood
Overall: 2.4 x 1.8 x 2.4 cm (15/16 x 11/16 x 15/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.721
Location: Not on view
  • Purchased in Egypt by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 206; Mentioned: p. 206
  • CMA 1916, no. 161, p. 225
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