Clapper

E302

From: Egypt | Gurob

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E302
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Gurob
Period Eighteenth Dynasty | Nineteenth Dynasty | New Kingdom
Date Made 1539-1292 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Wood
Iconography Human Arm
Description

Single wooden clapper stick carved in the form of a human arm. The fingers are roughly modeled. There are two incised lines at the wrist, transitioning into a flaring decorative element. At the other end, the stick is finished with incised lines in a diamond pattern. There is also a hole drilled through the piece for attaching it to another now missing clapper. The underside is flat.

Length 28.1 cm
Width 3.3 cm
Thickness 1.2 cm
Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number ES302 - Original Number

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