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Three Knife/Axe Forms

Mexican (Colima-Nayarit) (Artist)
300 BC-AD 200 (Late Formative-Early Classic)
obsidian (1), chert (2)
(Ancient Americas )

Provenance
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Economos Works of Art [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, May 12, 1994, by purchase; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2017.

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Geographies

Mexico, Nayarit (Place of Origin) Mexico, Colima (Place of Origin)

Measurements

2009.20.287.2- H: 4 3/16 x W: 1 9/16 x D: 1/2 in. (10.64 x 3.97 x 1.27 cm)
2009.20.287.3- H: 4 1/2 x W: 1 3/4 x D: 1/2 in. (11.43 x 4.45 x 1.27 cm)
2009.20.287.4- H: 3 7/8 x W: 1 5/8 x D: 1/2 in. (9.84 x 4.13 x 1.27 cm)

Credit Line

Bequest of John G. Bourne, 2017

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.

2009.20.287.2-4

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