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Canopy pole (?)
Nubian
Napatan Period, reign of Tanwetamani
664–653 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), el-Kurru, Pyramid 4 (tomb of queen Khensa)
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x width: 58 × 7.6 cm (22 13/16 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number21.3110a-c
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
DescriptionThis bronze pole takes the shape of an arm with a hand clasping a tube. Below the hand is a decorated band originally set with colored paste. At the base is a similar band. The surface is corroded.
ProvenanceFrom el-Kurru, pyramid 4 (Tomb of queen Khensa). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.