Bastet Egyptian Cat Statue Museum Replica Gayer-Anderson 10H

Reproduction of an ancient Egyptian Cat Statue, named the Gayer-Anderson Cat after the collector, after an original in the British Museum, London. Egyptian Cat has a bronze patina, actual earrings and nose ring, with a refined beauty of a museum reproduction. Made from resin with meticulous details, and measures 10 in H x 6 in W x 4 in D. Weight 5 lbs. Part of the Parastone Museum Collection (Mouseion 3D). PN EG01 Color description card. The Cat in Egyptian Mythology Although other goddesses also sometimes manifested themselves as cats, Bastet is seen as the principal cat goddess. In the complex Egyptian pantheon, Osiris and Isis' daughter formed a trinity with Hathor and the vengeful Sekhmet, both negatives to Bastet's positive. Bastet was attributed to have the power to invoke solar and lunar eclipses. She was associated with fertility through the cycles of the moon. Celebrations in her honor were so ecstatic that she was also worshiped as the goddess of song, dance, and music. The