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Bronze needle
Egyptian
Predynastic Period
Findspot: Egypt, Mesaid, M 16
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Width: 0.2 cm (ends), 0.4cm (middle, widest part)
Width: 0.2 cm (ends), 0.4cm (middle, widest part)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.290
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Textile- and costume-making
DescriptionEye broken off; shank thicker in middle.
ProvenanceFrom Mesaid (Mesa'eed)m M 16 [M/16/12]. 1911: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.