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Pick-head

IRAN, Luristan
Pick-head
 3000 BCE

Medium
bronze

Measurements
18.3 × 8.0 × 2.3 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1933

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
Luristan, Iran

Accession Number
3478-D3

Department
Antiquities

Physical description
Pick with very narrow blade and a deep flange behind the shaft-hole which extends furthest down at the rear, and with a horizontal rib on the flange projecting slightly at the profile.

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