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Throw Stick

Period:: New Kingdom
Dynasty:: Dynasty 18
Reign:: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date:: ca. 1473–1458 B.C.
Geography:: Country of Origin Egypt, Upper Egypt; Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), below, deposit of hunting weapons, MMA 1935–1936
Medium:: wood Conifer (Cypress)
Dimensions:: L. 58 cm (22 13/16 in); mean width 3.3 cm (1 1/4 in); mean thickness 1.3 cm (1/2 in)
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number:: 36.3.204

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Provenance

Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1935–1936. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds, 1936.
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What
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Wood (7,651)

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Thebes (10,570)
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2000-1000 B.C. (18,709)
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