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Axe-head

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Flint
Dimensions Other: 6.6 x 11.5 x 2.7 cm (2 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.796
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionFine brown stone; smoothly polished surface; somewhat nicked; point missing.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.