Anubis is the jackal headed God of the Underworld, preparing the deceased for the afterlife, and guiding them along the way.  This 7.25 inch tall statue of Anubis is hand painted and opens so it can be used as a trinket box. 

Anubis, God of the Dead, represented with a head of a jackal or simply as a jackal opened the road to the other world and presided over embalming ceremonies. After a funeral, Anubis would take the deceased by the hand and introduce him into the presence of the sovereign judges where the soul of the deceased would be weighed.