Ivory Staff Tip

Ivory Staff Tip

Description:

Ivory (hippopotamus) staff-tip; cylindrical body widening to convex top; hollow for two thirds of the length; hole drilled through lower body for attachment to the staff; decorated with three carved horizontal lines at the base; mended from pieces; one chip missing at base.


Dimensions: Diameter: 3.30 centimetres; Height: 4.10 centimetres


Object Type: staff


Techniques: drilled; carved

Period:

Late Bronze Age III

Date:

1340 - 1050 BC

Collection:

British Museum

Provenance:

Enkomi

Accession Number:

1897,0401.1450