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| Bastet Statue, Small (bronze) |
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| 5.5 inches tall, 3 inches wide |
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Bast or Bastet is the Egyptian goddess of pleasure, sexuality, music, dancing and joy. She is a Daughter of Ra, and is often portrayed as carrying out his vengeance, the embodiment of the rage in the Sun God's eye.
Originally Bast was depicted in Lion form in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, but by 1000 B.C.E. she is often pictured with a human body and a cat's head or sometimes just as a full cat. All cats are considered sacred to Bast and often Egyptians would mummify cats and other animals in addition to humans. Many cats made their homes in Egyptian Temples and were worshipped as representatives of Bast. Her center of worship was in her city of Bubastis where the Egyptians held an immense festival to Bast complete with revelry, drinking, dancing and the shaking of her sacred rattle, a musical instrument known as the Sistrum.
High quality hand-painted cold-cast bronze statue. 5.5 inches tall and 3 inches wide. |
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