Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon

Unknown Artist

ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE

Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silver, gold foil

Dimensions

H. to top of bird-demon heads: 10.8 cm (4 1/2 in.); L. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); Weight 581 g Shaft hole: L. 5.1 cm (2 in.); W. 1.59 cm (5/8 in.)

Classification

Metalwork-Implements

Culture & Period

Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex · Bronze Age

Department

Ancient Near Eastern Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, and James N. Spear and Schimmel Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1982

Accession Number

1982.5

Tags

BirdsDragonsBoarsDemons

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