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Votive Harpoonprobably Ptolemaic Period (332 - 30 BCE)

Not on view
Bronze pin or implement with heavily patinated verdigris surface, featuring a sculpted animal figure near the top and a forked, claw-like finial

Unknown, Votive Harpoon, probably Ptolemaic Period (332 - 30 BCE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Carl W. Thomas, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Votive Harpoon
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
probably Ptolemaic Period (332 - 30 BCE)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
Length: 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Width: 1 in. (2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Carl W. Thomas
Accession Number
M.80.203.32
Classification
Arms and Armor
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art