Axe-head
1500 BCE
Medium
bronze
Measurements
11.2 × 5.7 × 2.9 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Physical description
Axe-head with curved projection behind the shaft-hole decorated with a crenellated flange consisting of groups of three raised lines each forming a 'V'-shape, the top near the socket decorated with a band of raised squares between two raised lines, the lower edge with double lines in relief.
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