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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)
Ostrich egg
2323–2040 B.C.
Ostrich egg fragment
284 B.C.–A.D. 275
A.D. 266–283
Beads
712–690 B.C.
Amulet
712–690 B.C.
Beads
690–653 B.C.
Beads
690–653 B.C.
Beads
690–653 B.C.
Beads
712–593B.C.