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Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.
Axe Head
Museum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection.

Axe Head

DepartmentAncient Mediterranean Art
CultureEgyptian
Dateca. 1985-1773 B.C.
MediumBronze
Dimensions4 × 3 1/4 in. (10.2 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase: Stark-Willson Collection
Object number86.138.104
GeographyDescriptionA bronze axe head with a roughly semi-circular blade and two large circular openings for binding to the handle.ProvenanceBy purchase, the Stark family, Orange, Texas, between 1927 and 1929; by bequest, the Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1965; by purchase, the San Antonio Museum of Art with funding from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Willson, 1986
Not on view
Collections
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Axe Head
Culture: Syro-Palestinian
ca. 2000 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances & Frederick Wilkins.
Axe Head
Culture: Syrian
ca. 2000 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Helmet
Culture: Greek
ca. 650-600 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Head
Culture: Scythian
7th - 4th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Head
Culture: Sumerian
ca. 2500 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frederick Wilkins.
Axe
Culture: Indian
18th-early 19th century
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Arrow Head
Culture: Scythian
ca. 675-300 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Arrow Head
Culture: Scythian
ca. 675-300 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Dagger
Culture: Iranian
9th-8th century B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Javelin Point
Culture: Syro-Palestinian
ca. 2100-1500 B.C.
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins.
Flange-hilt Dagger
Culture: Iranian
13th - 11th Century BC
San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Frances and Frederick Wilkins
Dagger
Culture: Iranian
13th-11th century B.C.

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