Design Amulet, Woman Suckling a Child on Back, Device showing Geometricized Monkeys

Unknown Artist

ca. 2080–2010 B.C.

Design Amulet, Woman Suckling a Child on Back, Device showing Geometricized Monkeys by Unknown Artist

Medium

Steatite

Dimensions

H. 1.8 × W. 1.3 × D. 1.1 cm (11/16 × 1/2 × 7/16 in.)

Classification

Design amulet, woman suckling child, monkeys

Period

First Intermediate Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Accession Number

26.7.46

Tags

Nursing

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