Magic wand
Object type: Magic wand
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: mid to end Dynasty 12
Date: ca. 1900–1802 B.C.
Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: L. 33.6 × W. 5.3 × H. 12.7 × Th. 0.8 cm (13 1/4 × 2 1/16 × 5 × 5/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House  A1:3
Locus: Pit 883
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922