About the Artwork
Wooden Miniature Pick
between 1570 and 1340 BCE
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Egyptian
Egyptian
Wood
Overall: 12 × 3 1/2 inches (30.5 × 8.9 cm)
Wood and Woodcarving
African Art
Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897
1990.207
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, outer surface, handle: [translated: Queen Hatshepsut]
Provenance
excavated from foundation deposit of Queen Hatshepsut's funerary temple (Deir-el-Bahri, Egypt)
1897, gifted by the Egypt Exploration Fund
1990-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Egyptian, Wooden Miniature Pick, between 1570 and 1340 BCE, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1897, 1990.207.
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