id:			142030
accession number:	1965.554
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1965.554
updated:		2022-09-22 10:06:26.545000

Ibex Whetstone Handle, 1100–900 BC. Luristan, Iran, 1100-900 BC. Bronze, cast; overall: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary 1965.554

title:				Ibex Whetstone Handle
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creation date:			1100–900 BC
creation date earliest:		-1100
creation date latest:		-900
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Gift of the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary
copyright:			

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culture:	Luristan, Iran, 1100-900 BC
technique:	bronze, cast
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions
	opening date:   1966-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (September 10-October 16, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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wall description: 
For millennia, whetstones have been used for sharpening various kinds of metal blades. They were particularly important in Luristan, a center that produced bronze blades.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n35

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Golden Anniversary Acquisition,” 1965, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
	page number: 	
	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr1308

	Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." <em>Artnews</em> 65, no. 5 (September 1966): 30-64.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 34
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n33

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n24

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