Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
Unknown Artist
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
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