Ritual tool for the "Opening of the Mouth" ceremony
Object type: Tool, mesekhetyu, Hatshepsut foundation deposit
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: l. 27 cm (10 5/8 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Deir el-Bahri
Locale: Temple of Hatshepsut
Locus: Foundation Deposit 3 (C)
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1923–24
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Accession year: 1925