Obsidian leaf-shaped and tanged point

Cycladic

5th–4th millennium BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Leaf shaped head of obsidian with short tang. Underside is relatively flat and the top is slightly convex.

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Provenance

Title: Obsidian leaf-shaped and tanged point
Period: Neolithic
Date: 5th–4th millennium BCE
Culture: Cycladic
Medium: Obsidian
Dimensions: 9/16 × 1 1/8 × 3/16 in. (1.5 × 2.8 × 0.5 cm)
Classification: Miscellaneous-Stone
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, 2013
Object Number: 2013.1104.6
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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