Magic wand
Object type: Magic wand
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13
Date: ca. 1850–1640 B.C.
Medium: Ivory: Hippopotamus
Dimensions: L. 26.7 × W. 4.5 × H. 9.4 × Th. 0.6 cm (10 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 3 11/16 × 1/4 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: Tomb of Nakht (493), brick building east
Locus: Pit 475
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915
Tags: Animals