fly-whisk
- Museum number
- 1856,0903.523
- Description
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Part of an ivory staff/ handle of a fly-whisk. Two nude female figures (of one, only the head is surviving), back to back, wearing necklaces and long hair. Their heads support a "Sacred Tree", formed of a palm tree developed out of a broad lotus capital.
(Measurements are given of the whole surviving object rather than its parts that bear individual registration numbers).
- Production date
- 9thC BC-7thC BC
- Dimensions
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Length: 15.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- The artefact is a conjoint of several items, including 118207 and 1856,0903.1086.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Fair / poor; incomplete?
- Acquisition date
- 1856
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1856,0903.523