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Collections

Whetstone Socketcirca 1350-1000 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient tool or implement with a long pale bone or stone shaft and a cast bronze animal-head fitting, heavily patinated in green verdigris

Unknown, Whetstone Socket, 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
Whetstone Socket
Place Made
Iran, Luristan
Date Made
circa 1350-1000 B.C.
Period
Iron Age I
Medium
Bronze, cast
Dimensions
Socket: 2 3/4 in. (6.9 cm); Hone: 5 1/2 in. (13.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection of Ancient Near Eastern and Central Asian Art, gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number
M.76.97.519a-b
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.