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Design Amulet, a Double-Falconhead Shank Pierced Transversally on the Back, Device showing Two Hares Head-to-tail

Unknown Artist

ca. 2100–2080 B.C.

Design Amulet, a Double-Falconhead Shank Pierced Transversally on the Back, Device showing Two Hares Head-to-tail by Unknown Artist

Medium

Rock crystal

Dimensions

H. 1.2 × W. 2.2 × D. 1.8 cm (1/2 × 7/8 × 11/16 in.)

Classification

Design amulet, falcon heads, hares

Period

First Intermediate Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Accession Number

26.7.35

Rights

Public Domain

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