Hairpin Decorated with a Cobra
Object type: Hair pin, ivory, cobra, uraeus, sun disk
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 13–17
Date: ca. 1783–1640 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: l. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif
Locale: Tomb CC 47 in Courtyard CC 41
Excavation: Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1912
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Snakes