Macehead
- Accession Number
- EC5968
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Implements and utensils, Warfare, hunting and fishing equipment, Mace | Implements and utensils, Spinning and weaving, Spindle, Spindle whorl
- Material
- Stone/minerals
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Measurements
- Height 28mm | Diameter 49mm (rim)
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
-
Macehead, or spindle whorl, with damage to side.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 09 Jul 2020