Apotropaic Wand
Object type: Magic wand
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: L. 33.1 × W. 5.3 × H. 12.4 × Th. 1 cm (13 1/16 × 2 1/16 × 4 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Animals