Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head
ca. 3800-3400 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
This figure’s face includes a long beard and carved ears. The tip of the tusk resembles a tall cap and the lower part suggests a cloaked body, but no details are shown. A hole in the top indicates that the figure was suspended, but its use and meaning are not known.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Hippopotamus ivory
- Medium
- hippopotamus, ivory
- Locations
- Reportedly from: Naqada, Egypt
- Dimensions
- 8 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (21.9 × 3.3 cm)
- Accession Number
- 35.1266
- Credit Line
- Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Pre-Dynastic, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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