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<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg)
Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg)
<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view02.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view02.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view01.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view01.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view02.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view02.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view03.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view03.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183b_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183b_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view04.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view04.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_grpA_bw.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_grpA_bw.jpg)

<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view05.jpg)

Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view05.jpg)

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Pair of Monkeys

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone, pigment
DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
DYNASTY Dynasty 18
PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
DIMENSIONS 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 34.1183b
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Pair of Monkeys, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022
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<em>Pair of Monkeys</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 1/2 × 1 1/4 × 7/8 in. (6.4 × 3.2 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183b. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183b_view01.jpg)

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18th Dynasty
Amarna
Amarna Age
Amarna Period
Ancient
Egypt
Egyptian
Limestone
Monkey
New Kingdom
Reign of Akhenaten
Representing
Sculpture
Small
traces of red pigment

TAGS

18th Dynasty
Amarna
Amarna Age
Amarna Period
Ancient
Egypt
Egyptian
Limestone
Monkey
New Kingdom
Reign of Akhenaten
Representing
Sculpture
Small
traces of red pigment

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