About the Artwork
Knife
between 26th and 21st century BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Chipped chert
Overall: 5 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 inches (14.6 × 6 × 1 cm)
Tools
African Art
Gift of the Mendes Excavation
80.71
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Provenance
excavated at (Mendes in the Eastern Nile Delta by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University - American Research Center in Egypt excavations, Donald P. Hansen, Director)
1980-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Knife, between 26th and 21st century BCE, chipped chert. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Mendes Excavation, 80.71.
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