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LOT 0433
Egyptian Bone Hairpin with Thoth as a Baboon
NEW KINGDOM, 1569-1081 B.C.
3 1/2 in. (5.4 grams, 89 mm).
Tapering round-section hairpin, with a finial fashioned as a seated baboon with its tail resting along the body.
Provenance
Ex Thomas collection, UK, 1980s-1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Vandier d’Abbadie, J., Les objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1972, pp. 148-149, nos. 633-4, for monkey-topped examples.
Footnotes
Decorative hairpins often feature animals such as monkeys and cats, and inanimate objects such as olives.
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