Broken ivory hairpin

Museum number:
6-8545
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/109
Description:
Ivory hairpin, broken, bird finial with flat shaft.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Qena, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Keneh. Purchased.
Culture or time period:
Predynastic Period, Egypt (ca. 5300–3000 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1900-1901
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Broken (damaged) and Hairpins (hair accessories)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Broken ivory hairpin, accession number 6-8545, described as Ivory hairpin, broken, bird finial with flat shaft.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Broken ivory hairpin, accession number 6-8545, described as Ivory hairpin, broken, bird finial with flat shaft.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Broken ivory hairpin, accession number 6-8545, described as Ivory hairpin, broken, bird finial with flat shaft.

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