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Design Amulet with a Hippopotamus (? ) Head on the Back Pierced for Stringing, and a Left-facing Monkey as the Device

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Design Amulet with a Hippopotamus (? ) Head on the Back Pierced for Stringing, and a Left-facing Monkey as the Device

Date: ca. 2150–2100 B.C.
Type: Design amulet, hippopotamus head, monkey
Medium: Glazed steatite
Department: Egyptian Art
Institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number: 26.7.33
Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

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