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Hairpin Decorated with a Hippopotamus

Unknown Artist

ca. 1840–1640 B.C.

Hairpin Decorated with a Hippopotamus by Unknown Artist

Medium

Ivory

Dimensions

H. 9 × W. 1.2 × D. 1.4 cm (3 9/16 × 1/2 × 9/16 in.)

Classification

hairpin, hippopotamus, Taweret

Period

Middle Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915

Accession Number

30.8.220

Tags

Hippos

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