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L-Shaped Anvil Stake
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L-Shaped Anvil Stake

Date1700s–1800s
Mediumsteel
Dimensions39 × 41.5 cm (15 3/8 × 16 5/16 in.), 7 lb 9 oz (weight)
ClassificationsUtilitarian Objects
Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection
Object number2014.1035
DescriptionBlade shaped working arm. Post fitted with a simple square collar with bevelled corners. Unadorned.ProvenancePurchased by the Museum on February 24, 1932 from Sumner Healey (NY).
Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.
On View
On view
Current Location
  • Exhibition Location   Gallery 2204
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Spanish
1700s–1800s
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European
1600s–1800s
Conservation Status: After Treatment
Italian
1400s–1500s
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German
1600s
Pomegranate Shaped Vessel
Ancient Egyptian
n.d.
Strigil
Graeco-Roman
about 500–300 BCE
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Roman
1st–3rd century
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Roman
1st–3rd century
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Roman
1st–3rd century
Kohl Pot on Stand
Ancient Egyptian
New Kingdom, about 1539–1077 BCE