Ba-Bird Statue of Yuy.
This statue represents the ba, the soul of Yuya. This aspect of the soul was depicted as a bird with a human head, in this form the deceased could travel throughout the earth and the afterlife. Yuya’s face is painted red, but his wings are green, and his body yellow. He wears a necklace with a heart-shaped pendant hanging from it.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1391-1353 BC. From the Tomb of Yuya and Tuya (KV46), Valley of the Kings. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
