About the Artwork
Adze-Axe Head
between 1250 and 900 BCE
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Iranian
Unknown
Bronze, cast
Overall: 2 1/4 × 6 × 2 1/2 inches (5.7 × 15.2 × 6.4 cm)
Arms and Armor
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Gift of Douglas Peters and Christine Consales
1998.51
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Douglas Peters and Christine Consales (Belleville, Michigan, USA)
1998-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Iranian, Adze-Axe Head, between 1250 and 900 BCE, bronze, cast. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Douglas Peters and Christine Consales, 1998.51.
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