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Hippopotamus Head

Hugh R. Hopgood

A.D. 1914–1915; original ca. 1479–1458 B.C.

Hippopotamus Head by Hugh R. Hopgood

Medium

Tempera on paper

Dimensions

H. 13.5 cm (5 5/16 in); w. 21 cm (8 1/4 in), scale 1:1

Classification

Facsimile, Puyemre (TT 39), hippopotamus

Period

Twentieth Century; original New Kingdom

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1930

Accession Number

30.4.210

Tags

Hippos

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