Hairpin Decorated with a Cobra
Unknown Artist
This ivory hair pin is decorated with the image of a uraeus cobra wearing a sun disk on its head. The snake is shown with its hood open, ready to strike. Its tail is coiled around the end of the pin.
Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
c. 1783-1640 B.C.
Ivory
5.5 in
26.7.1297
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2020
Where you'll find this
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Permanent collection
