The Egyptians used canopic jars for the preservation of a mummy's internal organs. These jars used stoppers shaped to represent the four sons of the god Horus.

• Qebehsenuef (Falcon head) for the intestines.
• Hapy (Baboon head) for the lungs.
• Imsety (Human head) for the liver.
• Duamutef (Jackal head) for the stomach.

On one of my many trips to the to the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, I photographed some of these jars. I supplied these pictures to a local potter to have them reproduced, with special instructions about labeling the jars. The potter subcontracted the project to someone else. Somewhere along the line, the instructions about the labeling were lost or disregarded.