Drop pendant

Unknown

ca. 3850–3500 B.C. · Ivory (elephant) · Egyptian Art

Discovered in the grave of a child, this pendant, along with a second similar but larger example (09.182.2a), is carved from elephant ivory, a luxury material that would have been imported from the far south. With this burial were also vessels, baskets, clay and carnelian beads, three small copper tools, and fragments of a clay figurine (see 09.182.1-8). The quantity and variety of these objects indicate that this child was born into a wealthy, powerful family.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 3850–3500 B.C.

Medium

Ivory (elephant)

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of The Egypt Exploration Fund, 1909