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Celt400–1520 CE

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Polished stone celt or axe-head with trapezoidal form, mottled sage green and sandy tan surface with rust-colored flecks, smooth rounded edges

Unknown, Celt, 400–1520 CE, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Celt
Place Made
Mexico, Zapotec
Date Made
400–1520 CE
Medium
Metamorphized quartz
Dimensions
Height: 6 1/4 in. (15.88 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.313
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.

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