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