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| The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1940. www.metmuseum.org. OASC |
He's only 3000 years old. This beautiful toy dog was carved from ivory during the 18th Dynasty of Egypt's New Kingdom (around 1390-1353 B.C.), and the handle on his chest makes his mouth open and shut. Howard Carter owned him once; what lucky long-ago child played with him before that? The Egyptian word for dog was "iwiw," which sounds like a bark. Imagine making his jaw flap and saying "Iwiw, iwiw."
I wonder if it was definitely a toy. Could it perhaps have been a grave object? It's exquisite. Thanks for posting this one.
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