Buttons and hide
about 1700–1550 B.C.
FindspotKerma, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueGoat hide
DimensionsOverall: 8.5 x 8.5 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.1423
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTools and equipment
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ProvenanceFrom Kerma, KXB, sacrificial corridor, object 183. March 1914: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
1479–1425 B.C.
about 1700–1550 B.C.
1860–80
about 1825
19th century
late 19th century
about 1630–40
Late 18th century
About 1815
second half of the 17th century