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Collections

Ax with Dog Head500 BCE–900 CE

Not on view
Small dark gray stone sculpture of an animal head with an elongated open snout, rounded ears, and a notched lower body, coarse-grained surface with tan flecks
Title
Ax with Dog Head
Culture
Nayarit
Place Made
Mexico, Nayarit
Date Made
500 BCE–900 CE
Medium
Stone
Dimensions
Height: 2 3/4 in. (6.99 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.208
Classification
Stone
Collecting Area
Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.