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Carter No.: 620(13)

Handlist description: Pair of castanets (ivory)

Card/Transcription No.: 620(13)2


620-(13) IVORY APE OR MONKEY

Found in the Annexe

Height: .094 metres

Possibly a toy, or one of a pair on either side of a rectangular base protecting a small ointment jar or suchlike.

(Cairo JE 62068, no. 1218 of the Tutankhamun Collection.)

[See correspondence with J.D. Cooney of Brooklyn Museum, 1956, in File: Enquiries MSS material (A-C)

N.B. This number (620-13) was also given to a pair of ivory castanets - see preceding card.

[This card was not in Carter's original index, but was added in 1956 by B. Sewell - see above].

Card no. 620(13)2 relating to Carter no. 620(13)
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