CultureEgypt, Late DynasticMaterialHardwoodDimensionsH 8.4 cm · D 10 cmConditionFragment — beak and head carved in two joined sectionsProvenanceEx. private collection, UK; probably acquired on the UK art market during the 1990s.DescriptionThe ibis was a sacred bird associated with Thoth — the deity of wisdom, knowledge, writing and the moon — who was often depicted with an ibis head. Votive sculptures were produced in wood, bronze and alabaster. After death, sacred ibises were mummified and buried in vast necropolises such as Saqqara, in numbers surpassing one million.
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