Fishtail Knife
4500–4000 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Fishtail Knife, 4500–4000 BC. Egypt, Predynastic Period, Naqada Ia-IIa periods. Dark brown- to dark green-colored flint; overall: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.673
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Implements
- Formatted Medium
- dark brown- to dark green-colored flint
- Medium
- dark, brown-, green-colored, flint
- Dimensions
- Overall: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1914.673
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- CMA 1916, no. 150, p. 224
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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