Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals, Predynastic, Late Naqada III, ca. 3200–3100 B.C., From Egypt, Ivory, h. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in); w. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in); th. 0.5 cm (3/16 in), Finely carved ivory combs and knife handles produced toward the end of Egypt's prehistory demonstrate the high standards Egyptian artists had achieved, even before the Old Kingdom. This comb may have been part of the funeral equipment of an elite person who lived about 5,200 years ago
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