Tip of a mast from a model boat (?)

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Tip of a mast from a model boat (?)

Egyptian

Middle Kingdom

Findspot: Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, Mastaba 2001 A

Medium/Technique Steatite

Dimensions Length: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition

Accession Number15-4-7

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

ClassificationsModels

DescriptionTip of a mast from a model boat, loop at top and two loops down each side (one side broken), hole for peg at bottom. Exactly like 15-5-789.

ProvenanceFrom Egypt, Deir el-Bersha, mastaba 2001A. 1915: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Egypt.