The Curb Market - New York
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Many deities in the official Egyptian pantheon can be recognized by their headdresses. The Double Crown of the beneficent goddess Mut, whose name means “mother,” characterizes her as a conveyor of kingship and the divine mother of pharaoh. Amun, whose name means “hidden,” is portrayed as a man wearing a tall, plumed crown. When he appears with a solar disk at the base of the crown, he is known as Amun-Re, who possesses both hidden and solar creative powers. When shown in tightly enveloping garb and with an erection, he may be called Amun-Re-Kamutef, associated with fertility and regeneration. An amulet in this virile attitude would have held the promise of eternal rebirth after death. Monthly rebirth is also invoked by the full and crescent moons of Khonsu, the divine heir of Amun and Mut.
In popular religion the protection of pregnancy and birth was entrusted to such deities as Taweret and Bes. The appearance of Taweret, “The Great One,” as a pregnant hippopotamus with lion and crocodile features is a dramatic symbol of protective motherhood. The dwarf with a lion’s face and legs likely represents Bes, who was worshipped in the home as a protector of motherhood, birth, and rebirth.
Caption
Joseph Petrocelli American, died 1928. The Curb Market - New York, 1921. Bromoil processed print, 14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Joseph Petrocelli, 45.31.38. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 45.31.38_PS2.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
The Curb Market - New York
Date
1921
Medium
Bromoil processed print
Classification
Dimensions
14 x 17 in. (35.6 x 43.2 cm)
Signatures
Signed on mount lower right: "J. Petrocelli"
Inscriptions
Lower left on mount: "1921"
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Joseph Petrocelli
Accession Number
45.31.38
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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