A type of Egyptian waterfowl hunting stick, shown in the tomb heiroglyphs.  This unique model is the flattened snake shaped hunting stick, used by nobles for hunting waterfowl along the Nile. This particular example was inspired by the art in the tomb of Nakht, Luxor, Valley of the Nobles,dating around 1410-1370BC.  This style is more flatted aerodynamic airfoil version of the Snake shaped club version, so that it can fly further and with more straight trajectory.  The length of our replica is 22 inches, based on the example in King Tut's tomb where archaeologist Howard Carter describes some of the snake shaped hunting sticks for the afterlife, and one of them was flattened for better flight characteristics. Our replica used a heat bent branch of Sycamore, and inner pith was sealed with a penetrating epoxy. The dimensions here were guided by the tomb art from the tomb of Nakht(second and third picture above) and the airfoil cross sections described by Howard for the Tut throwsticks found in 1922.  Our model here produced a stick with wonderful flight for waterfowl hunting, with a continual lift for about 75 yards before starting descent.  It was then painted black, as seen in original tomb art throughout Egypt for this type.