Baboon-Falcon Hybrid Amulet

Cleveland Museum of Art

Green and brown ceramic or stone figurine, depicting a hybrid creature with the body of a human and the head of a baboon, or possibly a falcon. The hybrid creature is standing on a broken base; it has a large head with ridged sides resembling hair. The face features a flat nose and small eyes; eyebrows are not visible. The body is smooth with no discernible arms or genitalia. A dark background behind the amulet transitions from black at the top to grey at the bottom; the surface beneath it is also grey. The bottom of the base is broken off.