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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
Provenance
Collection of Albert Gallatin, purchased by the Museum in 1966. Purchased by him from Ars Antiqua, Lucerne, February 1960.
Selected References
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.
Timeline of Art History (2000-present)
Timelines
Egypt, 8000-2000 B.C.
Department
Egyptian Art (27,137)
Object Type / Material
Bone (7,156)
Figures (5,134)
Figurines (3,395)
Ivory (5,935)
Sculpture (25,866)
Statues (4,258)
Tooth (114)
Tusk (44)
Geographic Location
Africa (34,900)
Egypt (30,933)
Date / Era
8000–2000 B.C. (3,751)
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