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Ceremonial Axe Blade (Yue)
Ceremonial Axe Blade (Yue)
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Ceremonial Axe Blade (Yue)

Artist/Culture
Artist/Culture
DateErlitou Period within Xia Dynasty (2070–1600 B.C.E.)
Mediumnephrite
ClassificationsArms and Armor
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number1955.8
Descriptionax shaped
On View
Not on view
Axehead (yue)
Axehead (yue)
Chinese
probably Shang Dynasty, 1766–1122 BCE
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Steigerhacke (ceremonial miner's axe)
German
1700s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Ceremonial Axe
Deccan
1500s-1800s
Conservation Status: Before Treatment
Ceremonial Double-Bladed Axe (tabar)
Persian
1800s
Ceremonial blade weapon
Ceremonial blade weapon
early 1900s
Blade for a dagger or halberd (war-axe)
Blade for a dagger or halberd (war-axe)
European
perhaps 2000–1400 BCE
Flanged axe-blade
Flanged axe-blade
European
about 2300–1800 BCE
Image Not Available for Ceremonial Axe
Ceremonial Axe
New Guinea
early 1900s, with older stone blade
Reference Image - Not for Reproduction
Kilonda (ceremonial axe)
Congo Region, Central African
early 1900s
Halberd for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Bishops of Salzburg
Halberd for the Bodyguard of the Prince-Bishops of Salzburg
Master HP
dated 1611
Disk Formed by Four Arc-Shaped Jade Pendants (huang)
Disk Formed by Four Arc-Shaped Jade Pendants (huang)
Chinese
5th century BCE
Ge (dagger-axe)
Ge (dagger-axe)
Chinese
about 800–250 BCE (Eastern Zhou Dynasty)