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<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view01.jpg)
Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view01.jpg)
<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view01.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view01.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view02.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view02.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view01.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view01.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view02.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183a_34.1183b_34.1183c_34.1183d_view02.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view03.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view03.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_bw.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_NegID_34.1183dGRPA_print_cropped_bw.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view04.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view04.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_grpA_bw.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.34.1183d_34.1183b_34.1183c_36.884_grpA_bw.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view05.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view05.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view06.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view06.jpg)

<em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view07.jpg)

Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view07.jpg)

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Monkey Group

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Limestone, pigment
  • Possible Place Made: Tell el-Amarna, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 18
    PERIOD New Kingdom, Amarna Period
    DIMENSIONS 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 34.1183d
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Small limestone sculpture of a group of apes massed in pyramidal form. The object is pierced as if for suspension. Extensive remains of red paint. Condition surface discolored, base slightly chipped.
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Monkey Group, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view01.jpg)
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    <em>Monkey Group</em>, ca. 1352-1336 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 2 5/8 × 2 × 7/8 in. (6.7 × 5.1 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 34.1183d. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.34.1183d_view01.jpg)

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    18th Dynasty
    Amarna
    Amarna Age
    Amarna Period
    Ancient
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Limestone
    Monkey
    New Kingdom
    Red Paint
    Reign of Akhenaten
    Representing
    Sculpture
    Small

    TAGS

    18th Dynasty
    Amarna
    Amarna Age
    Amarna Period
    Ancient
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    Limestone
    Monkey
    New Kingdom
    Red Paint
    Reign of Akhenaten
    Representing
    Sculpture
    Small

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