Title: Design Amulet with a Hippopotamus (? ) Head on the Back Pierced for Stringing, and a Left-facing Monkey as the Device
Object type: Design amulet, hippopotamus head, monkey
Date: ca. 2150–2100 B.C.
Period: First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 8
Medium: Glazed steatite
Dimensions: H. 0.8 × Dia. 1.3 cm (5/16 × 1/2 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hippos, term: Monkeys