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Hair Pin

Object Number:E1137
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Egypt
Ballas
Period: Egyptian Predynastic Period
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Ivory
Iconography:Bird Head
Height: 0.48 cm
Length: 13.34 cm
Width: 0.48 cm
Credit Line:Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie, 1895
Other Number:ES 1137 - Original Number

Description

Tapering needle shape. Bird's head at top. Incised. E1116 - E1158 are from one Tomb.

Bibliography:

[Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 24, fig. 7View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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