Embalmer's Needle
Unknown
664–332 B.C. · Wood (tamarisk?) · Egyptian Art
Roughly whittled from wood, this large needle was discovered in a cache of embalming material buried in the Theban necropolis. It had been stuck into the edge of a grass mat that had been made into a basket. USE??
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 664–332 B.C.
- Medium
- Wood (tamarisk?)
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1931
