© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Fishtail Lance Head

AAT Object Form/Functionblades (tool and equipment components)

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

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