Ceremonial Axe

Ceremonial Axe

Public Domain

CultureChimú (possibly)
Titles
  • Ceremonial Axe
Date1000 BC–1600 AD
PlacePeru
MediumWood and silver
DimensionsOverall: 43 1/16 × 6 3/16 × 1 1/2 in. (109.4 × 15.7 × 3.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2004.2506
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas, Glassell Collection
Object Type
ProvenanceAlfred C. Glassell, Jr. (1913–2008), Houston, by at least August 23, 1988–2004 [1]; given to MFAH, 2004.

[1] Glassell Inventory, described on August 23, 1988.

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