Axe Head with Iron Blade

Description Provenance Credit

Description Along the side of this axe head, a feline creature reclines, while the blade emerges from the roaring mouth of another.

Provenance Natacha Rambova Collection [no. L67.27.27 on bottom rim]; Professor Donald E. Hanson, New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 1981, by gift.

Credit Gift of Professor Donald P. Hansen, 1981

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Creator

Iranian (Artist)

Period

9th-7th century BCE (Iron Age)

Medium

bronze, iron
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.2580

Measurements

4 1/16 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in. (10.3 x 5 x 2 cm)

Geography

Iran, Luristan (Place of Discovery)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Ancient Near Eastern Art