Spoon with a falcon on the handle. Dimensions: L. 30.3 × H. 2 × W. 4.3 cm (11 15/16 × 13/16 × 1 11/16 in.). Date: ca. 3300-3100 B.C..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-souring bird of prey was already beginning to be embued with solar connotations. The ivory from which this spoon was carved could be from either a hippopotamus or an elephant tusk. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Spoon with a falcon on the handle. Dimensions: L. 30.3 × H. 2 × W. 4.3 cm (11 15/16 × 13/16 × 1 11/16 in.). Date: ca. 3300-3100 B.C..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-souring bird of prey was already beginning to be embued with solar connotations. The ivory from which this spoon was carved could be from either a hippopotamus or an elephant tusk. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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