The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Egyptian Art
A Tusk Figurine of a Man
Maker not identified
- Date
- ca. 3900–3500 B.C.
- Medium
- Probably elephant ivory and organic material
- Dimensions
- h. 22.4 cm (8 13/16 in); w. 3 cm (13/16 in); d. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in)
- Object type
- Statuette, Tusk
- Period
- Predynastic, Late Naqada l– Early Naqada II
- Country
- Egypt
- Object number
- 23.2.31
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1923
Subjects and terms
- Men
The Met object ID 547232. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.