Mace head

Museum number:
6-17285
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Piriform mace head, alabaster.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Coptos, Upper Egypt
Verbatim coll. place:
Coptos (Purchased); Lot 11
Culture or time period:
Naqada II a-d/ Gerzean (ca. 3500–3200 BC)
Collector:
George Andrew Reisner
Collection date:
1903
Materials:
Egyptian alabaster
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mace heads (weapons)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1957-1958 #1: Oriental Society (April 26, 1958–1958)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mace head, accession number 6-17285, described as Piriform mace head, alabaster.

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