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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Fishtail Lance Head
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Fishtail Lance Head

CultureEgyptian
PeriodPredynastic, Nagada I
Date4000-3500 BCE
MediumFlint
Credit LineBequest of Nicholas B. Millet
Dimensions5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. (13.3 x 7 cm)
Object number2004.056.043
Exhibition HistoryLife and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, May 1, 2013 - Present
ProvenancePerhaps ex coll. Frederick George Hilton Price (1842-1909), London, England. Ex coll. Dr. Nicholas B. Millet (1934-2004), United States and Canada.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art