Model Spear Case

Model Spear Case

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The model spear case (17.9.4) is painted to imitate the ox-hide used in actual military equipment. It holds seven model spears (17.9.5–.11), two of which have been removed for this photograph. The model weapons and shield (17.9.3) were made for the burial of a Middle Kingdom official. (See also 17.9.3–.11-related.)

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.