Model Spear

Model Spear

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This model spear, one of seven found with a model spear case (17.9.4), is made of wood, with a copper head that was merely slotted into the end of the shaft. A real spear, which would have been about the same length, would have had a flint or metal head and was meant for use in close-quarter combat. (See also 17.9.3.1-related.)

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Model SpearModel SpearModel SpearModel SpearModel Spear

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.