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Collections

Whetstone Socket1000-800 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient tool or implement with a tapered pale bone or stone shaft capped by a small, heavily corroded green bronze fitting cast in the form of a head or figure, with a small suspension loop
Title
Whetstone Socket
Place Made
Iran, Luristan
Date Made
1000-800 B.C.
Period
Iron Age II
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
Socket: 1 1/4 x 1 in. (3 x 2.7 cm); Hone: 4 3/4 in. (12 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.521
Classification
Tools and Equipment
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.