EditorialHairpin with a Figure of a Hippopotamus, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12?13, ca. 1981?1640 B.C., From Egypt, Bone, h. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in), The figure of an erect hippopotamus represents a goddess invoked as the protector of women in pregnancy and childbirth. ...
EditorialHairpin made of orange-yellow plastic, curved trapezoidal shape, Hairpin made of unadorned orange-yellow plastic, with three horizontal bars, the middle of which is loose on one side and forms the pin., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1875 - c. 1...
EditorialRelief of a woman with a hairpin, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051?2030 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Neferu (TT 319,), Chapel, 1923?25, Limestone, paint, This fragment depicts a woman wearing beaded head bands and a...
EditorialHairpin with a Figure of a Hippopotamus, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12?13, ca. 1981?1640 B.C., From Egypt, Bone, h. 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in), The figure of an erect hippopotamus represents a goddess invoked as the protector of women in pregnancy and childbirth. ...