Instrument: Clapper

Description:

Clapper

Artist:

Artist Unknown

Medium:

Ivory

Dimensions:

L. 21.5 cm; W. 7.4 cm; D. 0.9 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:

22.1.152

Lender:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Credit:

Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922