Hairpin Decorated with a Cobra

Unknown

ca. 1783–1640 B.C. · Ivory · Egyptian Art

This ivory hair pin is decorated with the image of a uraeus cobra wearing a sun disk on its head. The snake is shown with its hood open, ready to strike. Its tail is coiled around the end of the pin.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1783–1640 B.C.

Medium

Ivory

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926