About the Artwork
Axe Blade
between 900 and 1470
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Precolumbian
Chimu
Stone
Overall: 4 1/2 × 3 1/4 × 5/8 inches (11.4 × 8.3 × 1.6 cm)
Stone and Stonecarving
Indigenous Americas
Gift of Harold Kaye
57.28
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
1957-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Chimu, Precolumbian, Axe Blade, between 900 and 1470, stone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Harold Kaye, 57.28.
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