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Horn protector
Horn protector

Horn protector

about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueOstrich shell and wood
DimensionsLength x Diameter: 4.5 x 3.3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1457
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTools and equipment
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K1086x. March 1914: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan; 1920: Received by the MFA.

(Accession date: March 1, 1920)