Hairpin Decorated with a Hippopotamus
Object type: hairpin, hippopotamus, Taweret
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–13
Date: ca. 1840–1640 B.C.
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 9 × W. 1.2 × D. 1.4 cm (3 9/16 × 1/2 × 9/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession year: 1930
Tags: Hippos