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Dagger with pommel and scabbard

Nubian
Classic Kerma
about 1700–1550 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Kerma, K3501x

Medium/Technique Bronze or copper, ivory and rawhide or leather
Dimensions Length: .240
Credit Line Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.1560
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionWith ivory grip and panel, complete in upper part of raw hide scabbard
ProvenanceFrom Kerma, K3501x. March 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.