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Spearhead

1045–256 BCE

China, Zhou dynasty

(c. 1046–256 BCE)
Medium
bronze
Measurements
Overall: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1915.619
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Not on view
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A bronze dagger-axe head features a triangular blade tapering to a rounded tip. A rectangular tang with a central cutout juts from the top. Wide shoulders with narrow horizontal slots sit above a large circular hole punctuating the upper blade. Directly above the hole, two archaic characters are engraved. The entire object exhibits a rough, pitted surface with a mottled green and brown patina.

Spearhead

1045–256 BCE

China, Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–256 BCE)

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