id:			94128
accession number:	1914.674
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1914.674
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:06.382000

Fishtail Knife, 4500–4000 BCE. Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada Ia–IIa (3900–3300 BCE). Dark brown to a dark green colored flint; overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.674

title:				Fishtail Knife
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creation date:			4500–4000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-4500
creation date latest:		-4000
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creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Predynastic (5000–2950 BCE), Naqada Ia–IIa (3900–3300 BCE)
technique:	dark brown to a dark green colored flint
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Predynastic
type:		Implements
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measurements: Overall: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA 1916, no. 148, p. 223', 'opening_date': '1916-01-01T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
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CITATIONS

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 119; Mentioned: p. 119
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