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