Unknown European
Axe Head

Axe Head

Public Domain

Axe Head
Artist
CultureNordic
Titles
  • Axe Head
Date3000–2000 BC
PlaceDenmark
MediumFeldspar
Dimensions8 × 3 × 1 5/16 in. (20.32 × 7.6 × 3.3 cm)
Credit LineThe McDannald Collection, gift of Arthur T. McDannald
Object number63.129
Not on view

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Department
Art of the Indigenous Americas
Object Type
ProvenanceArthur T. McDannald (d. 1963), Houston; given to MFAH, 1963.

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