Flanged axe-blade

Culture European

Dateabout 2300–1800 BCE

Mediumbronze

Dimensions9.5 × 1.3 × 18.1 cm (3 3/4 × 1/2 × 7 1/8 in.), 13.42 oz. (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

Terms

Object number2014.480

DescriptionAcutely crescentic blade tapering to narrow shank. Upper & lower edges are thickened. Forward edge of the blade seems to have been polished to reveal the color of the metal.
ProvenancePurchased by John W. Higgins from Sumner Healey, N.Y., April 30, 1929. Given to the Armory on December 15, 1931. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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