The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 10, 2024

Fishtail Knife

Fishtail Knife

4500–4000 BCE
(5000–2950 BCE), Naqada Ia–IIa (3900–3300 BCE)
dark brown- to dark green-colored flint
Overall: 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.673
Location: not on view
  • Purchased from Moham-med Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced: p. 117; Mentioned: p. 117-118
  • CMA 1916, no. 150, p. 224
  • {{cite web|title=Fishtail Knife|url=false|author=|year=4500–4000 BCE|access-date=10 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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