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Egyptian

Medium/Technique Flint
Dimensions Width x length: 2.2 x 6.3 cm (7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.794
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionRoughly triangular, brown gray. Irregular surface; point broken off.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way. (Accession Date: June 28, 1872)