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Handle and staple

Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, San el-Hagar, House 20

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions Overall: 90.1 cm (35 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number85.526
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTools and equipmentHousehold

DescriptionElliptical; surface corroded and much incrusted; one ring broken.
ProvenanceFrom Tanis (San el-Hagar), House 20. 1884: excavated by William Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund; assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt; October 28, 1885: presented to the MFA at EEF general meeting.
(Accession Date: March 1, 1885)