Object Title
Sculptor's Mallet
Measurements
14 x 29.8 cm
Creation Date
after 2543 BCE
Credit Line
Egyptian Purchase Fund
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/13909/sculptors-mallet?ctx=1f4afd7e4b6acda805fce3876a664a96026f18c7&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Purchased by MCCM from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington DC.
Exhibition Information
Life and Death in the Pyramid Age: The Emory Old Kingdom Mummy, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 10 - December 11, 2011;
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - September 2022;
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014;
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - September 2022;
Life and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
Purchased by museum in 2006.