Hippo Collection

Figure of Taweret, New Kingdom (1600-1081 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Figure of Taweret, New Kingdom (1600-1081 BCE)

Figurine of the Pregnant Hippo Goddess Taweret, Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (664-30 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Figurine of the Pregnant Hippo Goddess Taweret, Late Period-Ptolemaic Period (664-30 BCE)

Scarab With Depiction of the Hippo Goddess Taweret, Egypt, probably 18th - 20th Dynasty 1569 - 108.. Creator: Unknown
Scarab With Depiction of the Hippo Goddess Taweret (image 2 of 2), Egypt, probably 18th - 20th Dynasty (1569 - 1081 BCE)

Hippopotamus amphibius foetus (Hippopotamus), 1777. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius foetus (Hippopotamus), 1777

Upper and lower jaws of an Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus), c.1777-1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Upper and lower jaws of an Hippopotamus amphibius (Hippopotamus), c.1777-1778

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus; female), 1778

Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus), c.1777. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus amphibius capensis (Hippopotamus), c.1777

Hippopotami at the falls of the Senegal, in Bambouk; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Hippopotami at the falls of the Senegal, in Bambouk; Journey from the Senegal to the Niger, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

'Lake scenery in Central Africa; The regions of the Cazembe, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Lake scenery in Central Africa; The regions of the Cazembe, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

'A quiet nook on the Chambeze river; The regions of the Cazembe, 1875. Creator: Unknown
A quiet nook on the Chambeze river; The regions of the Cazembe, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London]

Hippopotamus hunt at the Seekoei River, 1778. Creator: Robert Jacob Gordon
Hippopotamus hunt at the Seekoei River, 1778

Mr. Gordon Cumming's South African Entertainment - View on the River Limpopo, with a herd of Hippopotami - painted by Richard Leitch, 1856

The female hippopotamus, at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's-Park, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The female hippopotamus, at the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's-Park, 1854. Everyone remembers the excitement which was created by the arrival in the metropolis [London] of the first

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate L, c. 1575/1580. Creator: Joris Hoefnagel
Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate L, c. 1575/1580

The Hippopotamus, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson
The Hippopotamus, in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's Park, 1850. Obaysch the hippo, a gift of Abbas Pasha....no ordinary difficulties had to be surmounted in his maintenance at

The Hippopotamus in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, 1850. Creator: Pearson
The Hippopotamus in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Regent's-Park, [London], 1850. Obaysch, a gift of Abbas Pasha, was the first hippopotamus seen in Great Britain since prehistoric times

The Haunt of the Sea-Cow; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The Haunt of the Sea-Cow; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. [Hippos in a river]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Hippopotamus Amulet, Egypt, Late Dynasty 18 (about 1336 BCE). Creator: Unknown
Hippopotamus Amulet, Egypt, Late Dynasty 18 (about 1336 BCE)

Amulet of a Hippopotamus, Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada II-III (about 3500-3000 BCE)

Amulet of a Hippopotamus Head, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12 (about 1985-1773 BCE)

Amulet of the Goddess Tawaret (Thoeris) in Profile, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-20 (about 1550-1069 BCE)

Amulet of the Goddess Tawaret (Thoeris), Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1550-1295 BCE)

Scaraboid: Hippopotamus, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasties 18-20 (about 1550-1069 BCE)

Scarab: Animal Motifs (Bird, Antelope, Hippopotamus), Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasties 19-20 (about 1295-1069 BCE)

Amulet of Taweret, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (about 1352-1336 BCE)

Miniature Hippopotamus, Saint Petersburg, c. 1890 / 00. Creator: FabergeWorkshop
Miniature Hippopotamus, Saint Petersburg, c. 1890/00

Sheet 10 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859. Creator: Juan Llorens
Sheet 10 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets, 1859

Design for a Panel with Two Variants containing a Hippocamp and a Griffin, from: Ornements de panneaux a la romaine, 1651

Hippopotamus, from Quadrupeds series (N41) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes, 1890

The Hippopotamus at the Zoological Gardens, Regents Park, 1852

De Civitate Dei Libri XXII (City of God), handwritten copy made probably in Avignon (France), 13th-14th centuries, in the Cathedral of Vic (Osona) since March 1442

A Hippopotamus Hunt in Central Africa, 1924. From The British Empire in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. B.Litt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1924]

Native women with baskets of hippo meat, Karoo, South Africa, 1924 (1927). Artist: Thomas A Glover
Native women with baskets of hippo meat, Karoo, South Africa, 1924 (1927). A print from Cape to Cairo, by Stella Court Treatt, George G Harrap & Company Ltd, 1927

The Adventure with a Hippopotamus, 1883. A print from The Life and explorations of David Livingstone, LL.D. compiled from reliable sources, Adam and Co, 14 Ivy Lane, London and Newcastle, 1883

Ancient Egyptian hippopotamus figurine, 16th century BC. The figurine dates from the Seventeenth Dynasty. From the Louvre Museum, Paris

Egyptian painted relief of a hippopotamous hunt in the papyrus swamp, from the Egyptian Museum in Berlin

Egyptian ivory handle of a dagger
Egyptian hippopotamus ivory handle of a flint dagger from Gebel Arrak, south of Abydos, Egypt. From the Louvres collection

Egyptian faience statuette of the Egyptian goddess Tauret
Faience statuette of the Egyptian hippopotamus-headed goddess Tauret

Detail from a Book of the Dead papyrus, Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The hippopotamus goddess of childbirth Taweret is visible in the top left

Taweret (or Theoris), Hippo Goddess.The function of this hippopotamus statuette, placed near the mummy, was therefore to prefigure rebirth in the afterlife through the power of imitation

A Gentle Vegetarian, 1869. Artist: George du Maurier
A Gentle Vegetarian, 1869. A mighty hippopotamus displays its huge teeth. It is, however, as the hippo points out, the delicate lady on the other side of the cage who feasts on flesh

Wonderful Instinct of The Giraffe, 1865. Artist: George du Maurier
Wonderful Instinct of The Giraffe, 1865. By which it Escapes Diphtheria during The Winter. (N.B. A Positive Fact.) This cartoon pokes a little gentle fun at the giraffes at London Zoo

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