Falcon of Horus

between 663 and 525 BCE

Egyptian

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Egyptian: Kingly Qualities, Level 1, West Wing

Falcon of Horus: 1 of Collection Gallery

Falcon of Horus: 2 of Collection Gallery

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Some Egyptian deities had animals associated with them and some were depicted as having animal characteristics. The Falcon of Horus wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt is an image of divine kingship. The king was associated with the sky god as the “Living Horus,” and he was thought to represent the rule of the gods on earth. Statues such as this were sometimes used as containers for the preserved remains of the animal or bird they represented. This example is hollow and has an opening under the tail through which a mummified falcon could have been inserted.

Title Falcon of Horus

Artwork Date between 663 and 525 BCE

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Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Egyptian

Medium Bronze

Dimensions Overall: 16 1/4 × 13 1/2 × 6 3/4 inches (41.3 × 34.3 × 17.1 cm)

Classification Metalwork

Department African Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Sarah Bacon Hill Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 59.119

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Maurice Nahman

S. Bing

Mutiaux. (Fahim Joseph Kouchakji, New York, New York, USA)

1959-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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