Figural flint

Museum number:
5-210
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050000210
Accession number:
Acc.187
Description:
Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implement
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Culture or time period:
Naqada I a-c/ Amratian (ca. 4000–3500 BC) and Naqada II a-d/ Gerzean (ca. 3500–3200 BC)
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
July-October 1905
Materials:
Flint (rock)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Possibly a fake. Exhibited: LM, "Archaeology of the Ancient World." Dec. 15, 1969 - May 1970. Remarks: Specimens 6-210 to 6-218 came directly from Mrs Hearst without information and have been assumed to be Egyptian from appearance. Damaged while on loan to LA County Museum 573-74 #46. Broken "leg" was re-adhered with cyanoacrylate cement. Losses filled with thixotropic epoxy. Acrylic artists colors used for inpainting. 11/13/1978
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1973-1974 #46: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (February 25, 1974–June 24, 1974)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 2 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 3 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 4 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 5 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 6 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 7 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 8 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 9 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 10 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementHearst Museum object 11 of 11 titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implement
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implementDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Figural flint, accession number 5-210, described as Dark brown and white flint animal-shaped (elephant or hippo) implement

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