Title: Carved handle of a ceremonial knife
Object type: Knife handle, carved
Date: ca. 3200 B.C.
Period: Predynastic, Late Naqada III
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: L. 10.7 (4 3/16 in); h. 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in); th. 4 x h. 5.4 cm (1 9/16 in)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: Possibly from     Upper Egypt Qau    
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Elephants, term: Lions