Did you know...
*The hieroglyphic of a giraffe stood as an end-sign in the word sr, "to foretell or forecast."

*This sculpture is a fragment that was probably the top of a cosmetic spoon.

*The spoon may have belonged to a pharaoh's wealthy courtier or even a member of the royal family.

Look for...
*The carved lines over the eyelids indicating folds of flesh

Giraffe Head
Ivory, height 1-1/2 inches
Egypt, Dynasty 18, 1540-1296 bc
© The Cleveland Museum of Art
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Jerald S. Brodkey in Memory of Marguerite Mallon, 1977.146