# Statuette of a Jackal

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Classification: Sculpture
- Dimensions: 9.5 × 17.5 × 5.1 cm (3 1/2 × 6 7/8 × 2 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Museum Purchase Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/78159)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/85cbe520-4a3c-6ce8-6233-d6cd7163af74/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This statuette represents the god Anubis or Wepwawet, the jackal guardians of burial sites. The figure is solid cast from copper alloy, and the details of its fur are incised. The figure may originally have decorated the top of a shrine.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0