Title: Hairpin with a Figure of a Hippopotamus
Object type: hairpin, hippopotamus,Taweret
Date: ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12–13
Medium: Bone
Dimensions: H. 7.3 × W. 1.1 × D. 1.5 cm (2 7/8 × 7/16 × 9/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1907
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Hippos