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Figure of a Baboon, 664–525 BCE

Figure of a Baboon

664–525 BCE · Figurine, Baboon

May one see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “Figure of a Baboon” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 130, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room130

On public display.

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In this state since
Source
The museum
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Particulars

Accession number
89.2.223

What it shows

Baboons

In the catalog

SculptureMarbleBefore 1400Late Period (Saite)

Sources

In the same room · Gallery 130, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Ornamental mask, 3rd century CE

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Mummy label of Petempto the younger, age 79, son of Petemin; his mother Kolluthe, 2nd century CE

Head of a figure of a griffin, perhaps representing Nemesis, 30 BCE–364 CE

Head of a figure of a griffin, perhaps representing Nemesis, 30 BCE–364 CE

Head of female figure, 30 BCE–364 CE

Head of female figure, 30 BCE–364 CE

Figurine, 30 BCE–364 CE

Figurine, 30 BCE–364 CE

Metal mold illustrating Hathor head, 30 BCE–364 CE

Metal mold illustrating Hathor head, 30 BCE–364 CE

Figurine, lion, 30 BCE–364 CE

Figurine, lion, 30 BCE–364 CE

Figurine, 30 BCE–364 CE

Figurine, 30 BCE–364 CE

On the same theme · Baboons

All works on the theme
Figure of a Baboon, 664–525 BCE

Figure of a Baboon, 664–525 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure of baboon on a basket and with a pillar, the shebet offering, 664–30 BCE

Figure of baboon on a basket and with a pillar, the shebet offering, 664–30 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statuette depicting a worshipping baboon, ca. 1290–1224 BCE

Statuette depicting a worshipping baboon, ca. 1290–1224 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure of baboon on a basket and with a pillar (<em>shebet</em> offering), 664–332 BCE

Figure of baboon on a basket and with a pillar (<em>shebet</em> offering), 664–332 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Baboon and man, ca. 2051–2000 B.C.

Baboon and man, ca. 2051–2000 B.C.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure of baboon on a basket and with a pillar, the shebet offering, 664–332 BCE

Figure of baboon on a basket and with a pillar, the shebet offering, 664–332 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hybrid protective figure incorporating parts of a baboon and a bird, 664–332 BCE

Hybrid protective figure incorporating parts of a baboon and a bird, 664–332 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statue of a scribe with a baboon, ca. 1300–1080 BCE

Statue of a scribe with a baboon, ca. 1300–1080 BCE

The Metropolitan Museum of Art