LION HEAD FURNITURE

Furniture element in the shape of a lion’s head. Material: Tamarind wood, Location: Louvre Museum

The image and character of the Lion as a fearless animal was very popular among the Ancient Egyptians royalty and their Gods/Goddess. God Maahes, Goddess Nut, Goddess Tefnut and Goddess Sekhmet were characterized and sometimes portrayed as the body of a human with a lion’s head.

Whereas some Kings & Queens of Ancient Egypt had their Statue made into a sphinx to characterize and portray them as fearless. Sphinx: is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head of a human