The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Cat Magnet | Office

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This Elegant Magnet Nods To A Proud Cat Statuette (664–30 B.C.) In The Met’S Egyptian Art Collection. Cat Statuettes Were Among The Most Common Zoomorphic Dedications In Egypt’S Late And Ptolemaic Periods; Small Examples Would Have Been Dedicated As Offerings To Temples Or Deposited In Catacombs Alongside Cat Mummies. The Powerful Goddess Bastet, A Protective Figure Who Could Bring Prosperity, Was Represented As A Cat In Zoomorphic Form. Poised And Alert, This Cat Sits Upright And Wears A Broad Collar, An Adornment Of Beauty And Power.