Blade
A long, narrow prehistoric blade of brown-yellow chert lies horizontally against a pale grey ground. Its upper edge is straight and finely retouched, while the lower edge shows small irregular chips and a broken, angled end at right. The surface shows faint longitudinal ridges left by earlier flake removals.
Look closer: Small chipped notches along the lower edge show the retouching used to shape the blade.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 3100 BCE
- Medium
- Chert, brown yellow
- Source
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Size
- 4000 × 3130 px
Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date -3095).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1963