Fan or fly-whisk handle in the form of four female figures
Object type: Handle
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 8th–7th century BCE
Medium: Ivory, gold leaf
Dimensions: 4 3/8 × 2 7/16 × 2 5/16 in. (11.1 × 6.2 × 5.8 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Sculpture
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Female Nudes