id:			154085
accession number:	1988.2
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.2
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:02.956000

Axe Head, 900–600 BCE. Russia or Turkey, North-Central Caucasus, Kuban. Bronze, cast in bi-part mold, polished, incised, and chased; overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1988.2

title:				Axe Head
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creation date:			900–600 BCE
creation date earliest:		-900
creation date latest:		-600
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Russia or Turkey, North-Central Caucasus, Kuban
technique:	bronze, cast in bi-part mold, polished, incised, and chased
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n22

	Kozloff, Arielle, and Nino Urushadze. "Animal Style Bronze Art and Its Closest Parallels: A Bronze Belt and Axe Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 5 (1994): 118-39.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 118-39
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161453

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