The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Axe-shaped Implement

1200–1519

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec

cast and hammered copper
Overall: 11 x 15 x 0.4 cm (4 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 3/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.215
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1990
    James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1990
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Young-Sánchez, Margaret. “The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275. Mentioned: p. 273, no. 108 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Axe-shaped Implement|url=false|author=|year=1200–1519|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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