Axe Head

48-2-194

From: Italy | Etruria | Volterra

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

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Object Number 48-2-194
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Italic
Provenience Italy | Etruria | Volterra
Section Mediterranean
Materials Bronze
Description

Green patina. Intact. Blade end of axe is shaped into a convex curve. Head tapered upward, with raised edges along both sides of both faces. Upper end was convex, smaller than the lower, and cut at the end by a deep U-shaped notch.

Length 18 cm
Width 5.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of Elise Biddle (Mrs. Harald) Paumgarten, 1948, 1948
Other Number 268 - Collector Number | L-2-245 - Old Loan Number

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