Tusk figure of a man

Period:: Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II

Date:: ca. 3900–3500 B.C.

Geography:: From Egypt

Medium:: Ivory (hippopotamus)

Dimensions:: H. 20.3 × Diam. 3.8 × Th. 0.5 cm (8 in. × 1 1/2 in. × 3/16 in.)

Credit Line:: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966

Accession Number:: 66.99.1

Not on view

Collection of Albert Gallatin, purchased by the Museum in 1966. Purchased by him from Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, February 1960.

Patch, Diana Craig 2011. "The Human Figure." In Dawn of Egyptian Art, edited by Diana Craig Patch. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, n. 114.

Timelines
Egypt, 8000-2000 B.C.

Department

Egyptian Art (27,137)

Object Type / Material

Geographic Location

Date / Era

8000–2000 B.C. (3,751)

A Tusk Figurine of a Man

Artist: Date: ca. 3900–3500 B.C.
Accession Number: 23.2.31 Date: ca. 3900–3500 B.C. Medium: Ivory (hippopotamus), organic material Accession: 23.2.31 On view in:Not on view

Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals

Artist: Date: ca. 3200–3100 B.C.
Accession Number: 30.8.224 Date: ca. 3200–3100 B.C. Medium: Ivory Accession: 30.8.224 On view in:Gallery 101

Lion Cub

Artist: Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Accession Number: 66.99.2 Date: ca. 3100–2900 B.C. Medium: Quartzite Accession: 66.99.2 On view in:Gallery 101

Figurine of a Seated Woman

Artist: Date: ca. 3450–3300 B.C.
Accession Number: 07.228.71 Date: ca. 3450–3300 B.C. Medium: Limestone, organic material, paint, malachite Accession: 07.228.71 On view in:Gallery 101

Recumbent Lion

Artist: Date: ca. 2575–2450 B.C.
Accession Number: 2000.485 Date: ca. 2575–2450 B.C. Medium: Granite Accession: 2000.485 On view in:Gallery 100