BELL COLLAR .BASENJI
AFRICA DOG
information worth knowing about Basenjis
Shield inlaid with colored Alabaster. Dogs hunt gazelles.
Hemaka's tomb, Saqqara.1. Dynasty 3000 -2800 BC
Museum Cairo
Depictions of typical Basenji dogs in Egypt were found in the graves of the great pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), built approximately 2700 BC in the IVth Dynasty.
A relief in the grave of Meruka dating to 2400 BC depicts a basenji type dog with a kind of
Basenji Type dog with a bell collar
A basenji-resembling dog is to be seen depicted at the feet of his master on a gravestone of Sebeh-aa from 2300 BC.
The “dwarfs” as sacral dancers were of immeasurable value to the Pharos. A document dated 2269 - 2184 BC of the Pharaoh Neferkare is witness in writing about the transport of such a dwarf.
Inscription on a stele of the Herkuf tomb in Assuan
Egyptian woman and dancing dwarf Relief of the Seneb tomb
Dwarf with dog
Fotos Armin Heymer Die Pygmäen
Egyptians, a dwarf and 2 basenjis on the lash
In one travel diary of the only female pharaoh Hatschepsut 1490 - 1468 BC can mention be found about dogs that were brought along from the country Punt, the Somalia of today. Were these dogs Basenjis?
On a stone carving from Pharaoh Antefaa II, approximately 2000 BC, four dogs were shown. One of them has basenji characteristics.
Nr.3 Basenji Type dog
A limestone stele dating 1900 BC shows Renu and Dedet with a basenji-type dog sitting underneath the chair.
Limestone stele Approx. 1600 B.C.
In the museum of Cairo there are mummies of Basenji size. There and in many other museums you will find faience and wooden models of dogs found in tombs.
Dog mummy and Cat mummy Museum Cairo
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A colorful papyrus drawing shows a red/white basenji-like dog and one with a collar and bell.
A Basenji ?
Bilderwelten und Weltbilder der Pharaonen: Philipp von Zabern Vlg.
Taf.XVI-XVII Drawings in Beni-Hassan, Kom el-Ahmar and Theben
Statues and other depictions of this type of dog were found in other structures erected by the pharos and wealthy Egyptians.
Some dog models like Basenjis are painted red and white.
Beloved Pets Museum Cairo
In the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Basenji figure, dating to 1080-332 BC
Pergamon Museum Berlin
Near Cairo a cemetery for animals is discovered in 2001 who was established 2,300 years ago. Egyptians used to mummify nearly all animals. In former times archeologists discovered other animal cemeteries and they found dog mummies. They also found once more dog skeletons and mummies. We assume that Basenjis as catlike dogs were held in high esteem.
