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Whip handle in the shape of a horse
Whip handle in the shape of a horse
Artist : Anonymous

Material : Painted ivory, Decorative sintered glass
Acquisition : Gift of Edwards S. Harkness (1926)
XVIIIème dynastie
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amenhotep III
Right - Ground Floor - Section 15
Item 18 on 49
Ancient Egypt
Object (Fouet)

Vitrine : 2 (Ref. 2)

Area related
Egypte



Description   

From the time the horse first entered Egypt, sometime in the seventeenth century B.C., it was prized for its swiftness and its graceful beauty, both of which are captured in this exquisite whip handle.

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