Reproduction
wands
Beschreibung
Modern ivory 'wand' carved from split tusk; crocodile with fish in mouth on curved side; snake with fish in mouth on flat side. Acquired at Geneina, capital of west Darfur, in 1926, said to be from Oubangui-Chari, former name for the Central African Republic, and presented to the museum at unknown date by A.J. Arkell.
Darfur
Purchased at Geneina in W. Darfur c. 1926. Alleged provenance Oubangui-Chari
Documentation
- Quirke, Stephen, Birth Tusks: the armoury of health in context - Egypt 1800 BC, 79. p.79
- Quirke, Stephen, The Tusk of Peret and her Discontents, 238
Modern Period
Material
Format
Purchased at Geneina in W. Darfur c. 1926. Alleged provenance Oubangui-Shari. Presented by A.J. Arkell
Inventarnummer
LDUCE-UC15936
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
