About the Artwork
Knobbed Staff
1800/1700 BC
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Wood
22 x 1 in. diam. (56 x 2.5 cm diam.)
Wood and Woodcarving
African Art
Gift of Henry G. Fischer
F81.27.A
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Provenance
Formerly in the collection of: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Henry G. Fischer, Sherman, Connecticut
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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, TOPOGRPHICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, vol I, part II, p 654.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Egyptian, Knobbed Staff, 1800/1700 BC, Wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Henry G. Fischer, F81.27.A.
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