Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head

Accession: 35.1266
Find spot: Naqada, Egypt
Period: Predynastic Period, Naqada I-early Naqada II
Date: ca. 3800–3400 B.C.E.
Date range: 3800 BCE – 3400 BCE
Materials: ['Hippopotamus ivory']
Height: 21.9 cm
Width: 3.3 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head (35.1266). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/41388

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Caption: Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head, ca. 3800–3400 B.C.E.. Hippopotamus ivory, 8 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (21.9 × 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1266. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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BKM-Accession 35.1266 tier-2
BKM-Object 3358 tier-2

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