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ScepterPredynastic Period (5500 - 3100 BCE) (?)

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Tall wooden staff with heavily weathered dark brown shaft and a smooth, pale cream spherical knob at the top

Unknown, Scepter, Predynastic Period (5500 - 3100 BCE) (?), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Scepter
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Predynastic Period (5500 - 3100 BCE) (?)
Medium
Ivory and wood
Dimensions
Length: 12 in. (30.48 cm); Width: 1 in. (2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.166b
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art

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