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Shaft - hole Axeheadcirca 1350-1000 B.C..

Not on view
Bronze decorative object with a rectangular relief-decorated plate joined to a cylindrical sleeve, with cast animal figures in the round and green patina throughout

Unknown, Shaft - hole Axehead, circa 1350-1000 B.C.., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Shaft - hole Axehead
Place Made
Iran, Luristan
Date Made
circa 1350-1000 B.C..
Period
iron Age I-II
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
2 9/16 × 5 7/8 × 2 9/16 in. (6.51 × 14.92 × 6.51 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.413
Classification
Arms and Armor
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient
Selected Bibliography
  • Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern, Central Asiatic, and European Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1981.
  • Mousavi, Ali. Ancient Near Eastern art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2012.