Detail View: The AMICA Library: Fishtail Knife

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1914.673
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Dates/Places: 
Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada Ia-IIa period, 4
Creator Name-CRT: 
Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada Ia-IIa period, 4500-3000 BC
Title: 
Fishtail Knife
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
4500-4000 BC
Creation Start Date: 
-4500
Creation End Date: 
-4000
Materials and Techniques: 
dark brown to a dark green colored flint
Classification Term: 
Implements
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1914.673
Credit Line: 
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent, May 14, 1993, with 1914.672, 1914.674, and 1914.717
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.599572573.tif