Instrument: Clapper

Ivory carving in the shape of an elongated and curved hand and forearm.

Instrument: Clapper

Description:
Clapper
Artist:
Artist Unknown
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
L. 20.1 cm; W. 6 cm; D. 1 cm
Context:
Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt; MMA excavations, 1920–21, cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:1, Pit 885
Date:
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12—mid-Dynasty 13, ca. 1900–1640 BCE
Inventory Number:
22.1.146
Lender:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Credit:
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
CC0 1.0, Image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art