Magic Wand
Object type: Magic wand
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, mid - Dynasty 13
Date: ca. 1900–1640 B.C.
Medium: Hippopotamus ivory
Dimensions: L. 34.3 × W. 6.6 × H. 14.4 × Th. 1 cm (13 1/2 × 2 5/8 × 5 11/16 × 3/8 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Memphite Region Lisht North
Locale: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:1
Locus: Pit 885
Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21
Credit line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Accession year: 1922