Spoon with a falcon on the handle ca. 3300-3100 B.C. Predynastic, Naqada III This early example of a toilet spoon (partly reconstructed) has a long handle, rounded for most of its length, and then tapering and flattening toward one end. Vertically through the flattened end is a hole, perhaps for suspension. At the other end is a hemispherical bowl to hold cosmetic material. Facing the bowl is the figure of a falcon that rests its beak on the rim. Although falcons are rarely depicted during this period, this high-soaring bird of prey was already beginning to take on solar connotations. The ivory from which this spoon was carved could be from either a hippopotamus or an elephant tusk.. Spoon with a falcon on the handle. ca. 3300-3100 B.C.. Ivory. Predynastic, Naqada III. From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Mahasna, Tomb H128, EEF excavations 1908-1909

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Spoon with a falcon on the handle ca. 3300-3100 B.C. Predynastic, Naqada III This early example of a toilet spoon (partly reconstructed) has a long handle, rounded for most of its length, and then tapering and flattening toward one end. Vertically through the flattened end is a hole, perhaps for suspension. At the other end is a hemispherical bowl to hold cosmetic material. Facing the bowl is the figure of a falcon that rests its beak on the rim. Although falcons are rarely depicted during this period, this high-soaring bird of prey was already beginning to take on solar connotations. The ivory from which this spoon was carved could be from either a hippopotamus or an elephant tusk.. Spoon with a falcon on the handle. ca. 3300-3100 B.C.. Ivory. Predynastic, Naqada III. From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Mahasna, Tomb H128, EEF excavations 1908-1909

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