Hairpin Decorated with a Cobra

Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period

ca. 1783–1640 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 114

This ivory hair pin is decorated with the image of a uraeus cobra wearing a sun disk on its head. The snake is shown with its hood open, ready to strike. Its tail is coiled around the end of the pin.

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Title: Hairpin Decorated with a Cobra
Period: Middle Kingdom–Second Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 13–17
Date: ca. 1783–1640 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 47 in Courtyard CC 41, Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1912
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: l. 14 cm (5 1/2 in)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.1297
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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