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Amun is 5'11" and wearing Size L
HE OPENS THE WAY.
Egypt sent a wolf in front of the army, in front of the god’s boat, in front of the dead. His name meant Opener of the Ways. The back carries the wolf-headed warrior with his mace on his shoulder against a huge ochre sun. The chest holds his mask in sand-gold, two tall ears, two white eyes and one thin red line.
The Story
He was Wepwawet, and his name means Opener of the Ways. Wherever the road might be blocked, by an enemy, by a gate, by death, he was the one who went first.
He was shown as a man with the head of a wolf, often with a mace or a bow. A canine standard at the head of the king’s procession appears as early as the Narmer Palette, around 3100 BC, and later armies marched under it. His city, Asyut, was called Lycopolis by the Greeks: the City of Wolves.
At Abydos he led the procession of Osiris’s sacred boat across the desert, and a Middle Kingdom official recorded that he drove back the enemies of the boat. In the Pyramid Texts the dead king asks him to open the paths of the sky. He was a guide, and he was also a weapon.
The back print is the warrior: ivory ink, a heavy-shouldered wolf-headed figure with a gold-tipped mace across his shoulder and gold bands at the wrist, walking ahead of a huge ochre sun. The chest carries his mask as a mark, two sand-gold ears, two small white eyes and a thin red line down the middle like a path.
Someone has to go first.
The Details
Care
Machine wash cold, inside out, with similar colours. Do not bleach. Do not tumble dry. Iron on reverse if needed. The fabric softens with each wash but holds its form.
Shipping & Returns
Free shipping to Australia. Dispatched within 1–2 business days, arriving in about 7–14 business days. Unworn pieces can be returned or exchanged within 7 days of delivery. Pieces that arrive damaged or faulty are replaced or refunded in full under Australian Consumer Law.
No marks yet. The first carving is always the deepest.
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