Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals
Unknown artist
Date: ca. 3200–3100 BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: h. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in); w. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in)
Country: Egypt
Period: Predynastic, Late Naqada III
Themes: Birds, Boars, Elephants, Snakes
Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Met highlightDate range
-3200 – -3100
Largest dimension
5.5 cm
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