Title: Embalmer's Needle
Object type: Embalmer's Needle
Date: 664–332 B.C.
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26–30
Medium: Wood (tamarisk?)
Dimensions: L. 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Geography: From    Egypt Upper Egypt, Thebes Asasif East of Pabasa Embalmers' Cache B MMA excavations, 1918–19 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY