490992 Cat Coffin, 305-30 BC (bronze, hollow cast) by Egyptian Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BC); h:51.00 w:14.10 d:24.00 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Although the cat is considered the most Egyptian of animals, as an object of worship the cat does not appear until late in Egyptian history. This unusually large statue of a cat was made to hold the mummified remains of a sacred cat. The coffin is, of course, hollow, with an open bottom. As usual, the animal??? tail is curled around its right side. ); Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust; Egyptian, out of copyright.