An Egyptian Faience Baboon Amulet, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 900 - 700 BCE Medium - Gold a successful Pintupi artist who

a successful Pintupi artist who passed away in early 2006

and Mbantua Gallery

whereby a clay or dung core is fashioned over a small metal rod

and large recessed eye suggest the alertness of the bird as it spies and focuses on its prey

An Egyptian Faience Baboon Amulet, Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 900 - 700 BCE Medium - Gold a successful Pintupi artist whoRepresenting the god Thoth, of brilliant turquoise blue glaze, the god of writing and medicine portrayed single sided and in right profile, the body well modeled, his cape like mass of fur incised, his forepaws resting on his knees, the face with well defined eyes, and upturned nostrils, the top of his head with moon and crescent headdress, the tail curled around his proper right leg, seated on an integral oval base, a double attachment loop at the