Drill bits; iron; paired. Part of an alabaster vessel manufacturing set.
Donor:
John A. Graham, Robert Fleming Heizer, and Thomas Roy Hester
Collection place:
Sheik ab el Gurna, Thebes, Southern (Upper) Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Egypt; Sheik ab el Gurna
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1972-1973 #3: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (July 19, 1972–March 20, 1974), S1974-1975 #13: Witte Memorial Museum (September 4, 1974–January 31, 1975), and S1979-1980 #11: Department of Near Eastern Languages (UC Berkeley)/Kent Reed Weeks (September 10, 1979–September 12, 1979)