Sharpened Sticks from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Object type: Embalmer's Sticks (2)
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Tutankhamun
Date: ca. 1336–1327 B.C.
Medium: Reed (?)
Dimensions: a: L. 19.8 cm (7 13/16 in.); b: L. 20.2 cm (7 15/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Valley of the Kings
Locale: Embalming Cache of Tutankhamun (KV 54)
Excavation: Davis/Ayrton excavations, 1907–08
Credit line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909
Accession year: 1909