Hair pin
Object type: Hair pin
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–13 to 1700 B.C.
Date: ca. 1850–1700 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: l. 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: south of Tomb of Nakht (493), south cemetery
Locus: Pit 453
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1913–14
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1915
Accession year: 1915