M0000855: carved figurine of the Egyptain goddess Taweret

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Egyptain God, carved wooden hippopotamus head.

Image of a carved figurine of the Egyptain goddess Taweret (also spelled Taurt), goddess of childbirth and fertility. She is depicted as a biped female hippopotamus with human breasts and the limbs of a lion.

28 July 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.