About the Artwork
Knife Fragment
between 1800 and 1700 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Wood
Overall: 6 1/8 inches (15.6 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
African Art
Gift of Henry G. Fischer
F81.29
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, USA)
purchased by Dr. Henry G. Fischer (Sherman, Connecticut, USA)
1981-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Fischer, H. "Notes on Sticks and Staves in Ancient Egypt," The Metropolitan Museum Journal, vol. 13 (1978): pp. 5-32.
Porter-Moss. Topographical Bibliography, vol. I, pt. II, p. 654.
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Egyptian, Knife Fragment, between 1800 and 1700 BCE, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Henry G. Fischer, F81.29.
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