Ceremonial Ax
Unidentified Luristan maker
Near East
2nd millennium BCE
Bronze
Overall: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
2007.82.5
Geography
Place Made: Iran, West Asia, Asia
Period
3000-2000 BCE
Object Name
Armament
Research Area
Near East
Not on view
Course History
REL 81, Dickinson Distinguished Scholar Seminar: Orientalism and the Origins of Religion, Susannah Heschel, Fall 2012
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin Family Collection; given to present collection, 2007.
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