商鰐形骨耳挖|Ear Pick in the Shape of an Alligator
Unknown artist
Date: 13th–11th century BCE
Medium: Bone
Dimensions: W. 5/8 in. (1/6 cm); L. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)
Classification: Bone
Culture: China
Period: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Themes: Crocodiles
Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985
Date range
-1300 – -1000
Largest dimension
7.9 cm
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