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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)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Amenhotep III
Right
Ground Floor - Section 15
Item 18 on 49
Ancient Egypt
Object

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.
Whip handle in the shape of a horse
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