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