Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head
ca. 3800–3400 B.C.E.
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head, ca. 3800–3400 B.C.E.. Hippopotamus ivory, 8 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (21.9 × 3.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 35.1266. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
Hippopotamus Tusk with Carved Head
Date
ca. 3800–3400 B.C.E.
Period
Predynastic Period, Naqada I-early Naqada II
Geography
Reportedly from: Naqada, Egypt
Medium
Hippopotamus ivory
Classification
Dimensions
8 5/8 × 1 5/16 in. (21.9 × 3.3 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
35.1266
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